Although central to theories of cognitive development, the concept
of representation remains subtle and elusive. This collection of
papers reflects a variety of individual emphases, none of which are
mutually exclusive. The papers have been arranged in four groups,
mainly along lines of related subject matter but also to illustrate
different aspects of the development of representation. In Piaget's
theory, representation is defined as "the making present of an
object which is not present to the senses" (Furth 1969).
Representation has both a figurative and an operative aspect. The
organisation of the content of the representation (the figurative
aspect) depends on the operations of thought or on the schemes
co-ordinating action. This use of the term is applic able both to
internal representations, such as visual images and to external
representation, such as children's drawings. However, it
presupposes no necessary relation between a mental image and a
graphic representation. The first part of the book consists of
papers on children's drawing. The operative aspect of
representation emerges in the serial ordering problems encountered
by young children who produce "tadpole" figures (Freeman Chapter
1). The figurative aspect of graphic representation is vividly
illustrated by the drawings of the autistic child Nadia (Selfe
Chapter 2). One further issue which emerges concerns the relation
between linguistic and graphic representation."
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