Open AccessA Cross-Disciplinary Narrative Approach of Sandplay in Preschool Education
Author(s) -
Rada Pura,
Mușata Bocoș
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
educaţia 21
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2247-8671
pISSN - 1841-0456
DOI - 10.24193/ed21.2020.18.13
Subject(s) - narrative , psychology , meaning (existential) , identity (music) , narrative criticism , discipline , narrative inquiry , pedagogy , developmental psychology , aesthetics , sociology , literature , art , psychotherapist , social science
Narrative is central for human beings and it is an instrument for organizing our entire experience. Personal, familial, organizational and national identity is being shaped by the narrative. It gives meaning to the world around us. Play is a specific tool that can be used to straighten young children’s narrative. A free, symbolic, creative play such as Sandplay can be adopted to maximize the opportunities of observing and sustaining preschoolers’ narrative. Dora M. Kalff is the founder of Sandplay Therapy, being influenced by "The World Technique" of Margaret Lowenfeld but playing with sand has always been attractive both to children and adults. In preschool educational settings telling stories in the sand offers educators a way of extending children’s narrative by using open questions, dialogues and by developing children’s awareness that story fictional world can be enriched.