The Art Workshop and its Art Therapeutic Value in Work with Children
Journal Title: Edukacja Elementarna w Teorii i Praktyce - Year 2016, Vol 11, Issue 3
Abstract
The article is of a theoretical nature and concerns art therapy and specifically therapy through visual art. The author underscores the role of art as the specific form of man’s expressive ability. An artistic work in including the process in therapeutic action, thanks to which the act of creation affords access to the problem and the relevant solution for the artist. Art in this respect has a cathartic, diagnostic, cognitive and education function which the author explains. In terms of pedagogical work, therapy through art is a pedagogical strategy applied in the process of up bringing which supports the integration process of the personality. The basic therapeutic advantage in the case of fine arts is to be found in the art workshop, i.e. through the materials and tools therein. The art workshop is adapted to the individual possibilities of the person. Artistic works reflect the intellectual, perceptual, social, aesthetic and emotional development of a child and the opportunity is taken here to underline and set out what is characteristic of them. The author highlights the appropriateness and therapeutic advantages of the art workshop in work with the child. She pays special attention to plastic techniques: painting, drawing, collage, frottage, dripping and spatial techniques which are recommended in art therapy. She emphasizes that through the plastic form the child expresses and describes himself. Children who are involved in classes of this type have a sense of satisfaction rooted in the fact that they are able to do something. It affects the improvement in their self-assessment and their sense of well-being. They are learning to understand one another, to listen, to talk, to cooperate with one another.
Authors and Affiliations
Urszula Szuścik
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP307877
- DOI 10.14632/eetp.2016.11.41.31
- Views 52
- Downloads 0
The Possibility and Impossibility of Forming Intercultural Competence Among Students of Early Childhood Education – in Search of Practical Solutions
The article analyzes the possibilities of creating intercultural competences in primary school students. In this reflection we would like to present an overview of the aspects of current theory and best practice in the a...
Dary Froebla – nowe zastosowanie Recenzja: Edyta Gruszczyk-Kolczyńska, Joanna Kozieł, Zastosowanie Darów Froebla w „Dziecięcej Matematyce”, Froebel.pl, Lublin 2017.
Od ponad dwudziestu lat w wielu polskich przedszkolach zajęcia wspomagające rozwój umysłowy i edukację matematyczną opierają się na treściach kształcenia i propozycjach metodycznych opracowanych przez E. Gruszczyk-Kolczy...
Le facteur n’est pas passé – French for Preschoolers. Proposals for Games, Games and Language Tasks
brak
The Comprehension and Essence of Children’s Linguistic Creativity
The aim of the article is to present the understanding and the essence of the children’s linguistic creativity. A language is a tool that helps a human being discovering the world. It enables naming things, objects, phen...
Wspomaganie psychofizycznego rozwoju dziecka z dysleksją rozwojową – standardowe i „niestandardowe” postępowanie terapeutyczne. Studium przypadku
Artykuł odnosi się do teoretycznych podstaw specyficznych trudności w uczeniu się, będących konsekwencją zakłóceń rozwojowych typowych dla dzieci z dysleksją rozwojową. W tekście przedstawiono również analizę indywidualn...