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This is the second edition of Authentic Art with Children. The book has been revised and reorganised to accommodate an extra chapter and QR code access to some instructional videos. This beautifully illustrated book is a 'hands on' practical guide that aims to fill those gaps in an educator's experiences with art making. As studio practices are unpacked and demonstrated the reader is invited to join in a journey through the same kinds of exploration, experimentation, practice and processes that artists engage in. For the past years many of my early childhood student teachers have struggled with the visual arts. There is a deeply ingrained belief that they cannot draw and are no good at art. This lack of self-efficacy is compounded by the lack of a strong contemporary theoretical framework for the visual arts in early childhood. The roles and rules for doing art with young children are not congruent with current practice. In confusion and frustration teachers turn to superficial and catchy activities that often have little to with art. This book tries to address both issues, first by providing practical guides that demonstrate how to use authentic art materials and provide real artistic experiences for children. Then by threading contemporary theory throughout with a strong focus on the role of the teacher.

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Dr Margaret Brooks is an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New England, Australia. She has been researching drawing and art for almost thirty years. Her research focuses on young children's drawing processes and the relationships between drawing and meaning making from socio cultural perspectives. She uses arts-based and visual ethnographic methods to examine the drawing processes of both children and adults. She is also a practising artist. Her most recent art work involves collaborations with artists, young children, and art museums around environmental, cultural and social issues. Her studio work focuses on drawing and installation. She believes in the power of art to facilitate 'trans-actions' between people, issues and places. Margaret has a strong global audience and is owner and editor for the International Art and Early Childhood website and the International Art in Early Childhood Research Journal. See https: //artinearlychildhood.org/. The International Art in Early Childhood Association supports a biennial conference, and more recently a virtual symposium from which emerged a beautiful set of eBooks. This companion to Drawing to Learn brings the theory developed there alive. It illustrates and demonstrates how the theoretical framework outlined in Drawing to Learn can be applied to support young children's thinking, development and meaning making. Together these two books comprise a resource for students, practitioners and researchers in early childhood that is both inspirational and practical.

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