Arts in Nature with Children and Young People

A Guide Towards Health Equality, Wellbeing, and Sustainability
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-41280-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

This novel text brings together research and practice on the intersection between arts and nature and their impact on children and young people’s wellbeing, health equality and sustainability.

Existing literature focuses on either the impact of the arts or the impact of being in/with nature on children’s and young people’s wellbeing. However, the intersection between the two – arts and nature – and their combined effect on wellbeing has received limited attention. Through five research-based and seven practice-based chapters, this book draws upon arts-in-nature practices that incorporate visual arts, music, movement, drama and poetry, in a range of natural environments, such as forests, beaches, greenhouses, parks, community areas and school playgrounds.

Arts in Nature with Children and Young People will appeal to anyone working with children and young people, including mental health and healthcare professionals, teachers, researchers, artists, and arts therapists. It is also an accessible guide for parents and families looking for inspiration and ideas for creative and outdoor activities.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moula, Zoe

Walshe, Nicola

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Kunsthandwerk und Kunstgewerbe
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  2. Immersion and Transcendence through Music Making in the More-than-human World  3. The Breeze Forest School Project: Child-centred Support for Development and Wellbeing  4. Performing with/in Place: Exploring Sense of Place through Story Making and Sharing  5. Exploring Restorative Connections with Nature through Communicative Musicality  6. Pocket Adventures: Nurturing Young Children’s Wellbeing and Development through Art-in-nature Early Childhood Education  7. The Village project: A Community of Relational Creativity  8. An Outdoor Therapy Service Offering Art Therapy for Young People and Adults  9. Learning to Live Well Together: Art and Ecological Research with Young Children  10. Forest of Imagination: Reimagining Familiar Spaces through Creativity and Nature Awareness  11. Open Spaces, Open Senses: On Sensuous Presence in Eco-somatic Practice of Felt Thinking and Therapeutic Walking with Young People  12. Open Studio in the Greenhouse: Nature-connected Expressive and Therapeutic Art Experiences with Vulnerable Adolescents  13. What’s beneath our Feet? Cultivating Cultural Awareness through Arts-in-nature with Australian Children and Young People  14. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Zoe Moula, PhD, is a Lecturer in Mental Health at King’s College London and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Art Therapy.

Nicola Walshe, PhD, is Pro-Director for Education at the UCL Institute of Education and Executive Director of the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education.