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Health Education - Tập 95 Số 3 - Trang 24-30 - 1995
Anna‐MicheleHantler1
1Arts Psychotherapist and Trainer/Consultant to Educational and Social Services, specializing in child‐care and Personnel Social Health Education (PSHE)‐related subjects. She can be contacted on 0171 586 9767

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Argues that too little attention is paid in schools to helping children to process their everyday feelings. Describes how the author decided to run afterschool groups which would put children in touch with their feelings by the use of the arts, including play with paints, clay or sand, drama, puppetry, dance, music, storytelling and children′s literature. Suggests that, if the arts become the preserve of the élite and/or the talented, such exclusivity undermines individuals′ creative abilities. Summarizes how many children who attend are those experiencing family changes such as divorce, and how the groups give them the permission and space to express their feelings of sadness and anger at what is happening.

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2. Mosley, J., Turn Your School Around, LDA, Cambridge, 1993.

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Mosley, J., Turn Your School Around, LDA, Cambridge, 1993.

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Wetton, N. and Cansell, P., Feeling Good – Raising Self esteem in the Classroom, Forbes Publications, London, 1993.

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Health Education

Tập 95 Số 3

24-30

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