PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR CHILDREN THROUGH ARTISTIC METHODOLOGIES

The main aim of this study is to reflect on how to encourage social inclusion through artistic methodologies and, specifically, to gather opinions concerning them from educational professionals working to promote social inclusion in the Centres Oberts (Social Service Primary Care Centres) in Catalun...

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Published inPedagogía social no. 29; pp. 135 - 147
Main Authors Bolós, Anna Mundet, Fuentes-Peláez, Nuria, Pastor, Crescencia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madrid Sociedad Iberoamericana de Pedagogía 01.01.2017
Subjects
Child welfare
Children
Children & youth
Emotional development
Interpersonal Competence
Personal development
Political Divisions (Geographic)
Primary care
Principals
Questionnaires
Resilience
Social Action
Social Environment
Social integration
Social Isolation
Social services
Social Status
Catalonia Spain
Spain
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Summary:The main aim of this study is to reflect on how to encourage social inclusion through artistic methodologies and, specifically, to gather opinions concerning them from educational professionals working to promote social inclusion in the Centres Oberts (Social Service Primary Care Centres) in Catalunya, Spain. We performed a mixed study which combined the qualitative strategy of a group interview with the quantitative one of a questionnaire, 97 professionals from the Centres Oberts participated. The former dealt with subjective aspects of the participants' experiences with artistic methodologies whilst the latter was concerned with the professionals' requirements to structure, plan, and carry them out. The questionnaire was specifically designed for the study and had a 50% response rate. Our findings indicate the need to encourage emotional and social interventions, and the potential of artistic methodologies to carry these out, with children in situations of social vulnerability coming to our centres. The main results obtained demonstrate that artistic methodologies are strategies that encourage emotional development in individuals. Moreover, they have been shown to promote child welfare and may also encourage resilience in the individual, as a result, the relationship between art and resilience warrants further exploration.
ISSN:1139-1723
1989-9742
DOI:10.SE7179/PSRL2017.29.10