A special programme has been developed with the Developmental Psychology Programme Group of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) around the theme of the exhibition. Visitors are invited to participate. The programme includes series of lectures, an on-line experiment, an interactive weblog and a research lab at the museum. This programme has in part been made possible with the support of the SNS REAAL Foundation. The results of both research projects will be presented at this page at the end of the exhibition.
Series of lectures
The lecture series includes Dr. Ad Dudink, former instructor in developmental psychology at the UvA, who will examine the history of the teaching of drawing in the Netherlands, highlighting the periods when Paul Klee and the Cobra movement were at their peak. Folkert Haanstra, extraordinary professor at the University of Utrecht, will also be a speaker. Professor Haanstra is an expert on learning effects in the expressive or plastic subjects in education.
Schedule:
Saturday 11 February and Saturday 10 March 2012
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Online experiment (from 28 January through 22 April 2012)
The online experiment measures the perception and evaluation of art based on cognitive and affective aspects. Participants will be asked to assess works by Paul Klee and children's drawings, based on five aspects: skill, originality, power, exciting character and beauty.
Interactive weblog (from February 1st)
With stories, insights and backgrounds embracing the theme of children’s drawings. The blog is developed under the editorial supervision of Ad Dudink and the UvA. Everyone is invited to respond to the authors’ statements and postings.
Research lab at the Cobra Museum and in schools (from February 1st through March 31, 2012)
This research project will investigate flexible thinking. For this purpose, a separate A Child's Play laboratory will be set up at the Cobra Museum. It will be open to visitors on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m., and on Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., from February 1st through March 31, 2012, Anyone eight years or older can participate. Taking part consists of carrying out a few simple tasks and lasts about 20 minutes. The tasks aim to challenge participants to think and reflect flexibly in diverse ways, after listening to a story, by answering a few questions and making drawings. The same procedure will be followed at schools, where children in the fifth to eighth years of school will participate.
Click here for the complete press release on the collaboration with UvA and for background information on the research projects.
