The bachelor’s thesis entitled Drawing from Memory in the Preschool Period contains a theoretical part from the point of view of drawing in connection with memory, and a research part. In the theoretical part, I define drawing in more detail, presented the importance of drawing in childhood, children's attitude to colors, drawing techniques and tools. In relation to memory, in the theoretical part of the thesis, I focus on the functioning of memory, types of memory, developmental stages of memory and presentation methods of measuring memory and I add a description of some techniques that need to strengthen memory abilities.
In the empirical work, I included 16 preschool children between the ages of 5 and 6 (8 boys and 8 girls) in the research. In the first part of the research, I checked what can affect the memory of a drawing (motive) and how long a child can remember his drawing and what factors affect memory processes. In the research, I found out how many elements or characters a child can remember if the motif is chosen by the educator or if it is chosen by the child himself. I also found out the influence of the color aspect. In one of the research questions, I divided the children into two groups (group A and group B). Both groups listened to the story entitled The Bear and the Hat by Anja Štefan. Group A received aids directly after listening to the story and was instructed to illustrate the story in a drawing, while Group B was not given this task. After one week, I then checked the story recall list of both groups. By coding, I devided the text into smaller, important for the analysis units, which I paid attention to when retelling the stories by the child. I then analyzed the obtained results and after a prepared analysis of the obtained data and using the acquired knowledge about the influence of the child's illustration on the memory when telling the story, I condensed the findings into a conclusion.
I found that the children who drew the story told it more richly and with more details, or codes. When including the color aspect, I did not find a major positive impact on the results. With regard to the choice of drawing motifs and in the comparison of independent drawing with so-called template drawing, I found a higher memory score if the child is given the freedom of artistic expression. The latter is also of vital importance and is a prerequisite for the successful development of a child in the field of art.
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