Educational potential of the artistic expression of visual impairment in books for children and youth

• Iveta Gal Drzewiecka ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Prešov

     University of Prešov

     Eslovaquia

     
• Localización: Multidisciplinary journal of school education, ISSN-e 2543-8409, ISSN 2543-7585, Vol. 11, Nº. 1, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Art in education and therapy of the child), págs. 73-88
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In accordance with the request of holistic child’s personality development, education by artistic means seems to be helpful and effective in removing barriers and deepening a child’s skills to understand and respect otherness and as one of the effective ways leading to the social acceptation and inclusion of people with some kind of handicap. This paper deals with the possibilities of the educational use of illustrated books for children and youth, which thematise one handicap type – visual impairment. It starts from the assumption of the high effectiveness of experiential methods and examines inclusive thinking formation options and the attitudes of unimpaired pupils through experiential activities, which use illustrated books thematising blindness. The solution to the issue comes from the analysis and comparison of the poetological aspects of artistic expression of such handicaps in concrete book titles. The paradigmatic differences between books illustrated in traditional ways and artistically experimental books are defined.