RESILIENCE IN AN EMBODIED PERSPECTIVE: THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATED ARTS EDUCATION ON EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH AFRICAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN POST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

• DOI: 10.55877/cc.vol20.2
• Publication Date: 2022-11-08T14:32:47Z
• Authors: Charlotte Svendle...; Liesl Hartman; Fabian Hartzenberg; Gerard M. Samuel
• Keywords: Resilience

This article seeks to deepen knowledge about how education that integrates dance and visual arts has had an impact on supporting resilience among children in a primary school the time of COVID-19 pandemic South Africa. The authors have for four years run project which value integrating different ways been explored. last workshop week took place 2020 once schools reopened after long period lockdown. included focus illuminating children’s experiences schooling during Through hermeneutic phenomenological analysis data collected using methods involving multi modal means expression, it comes forth this work had, is learned not just accept what is, but question be critical based they feel. They techniques assist them let go tension feel aware embodied sensations. also relating their peers new used imagination create express ideas. Based study concluded when perspective theoretical understanding notion resilience, implemented guide educational practice, may able better promote environments support resilience.