Stephenson, Lisa and Dobson, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-9150 (2020) Releasing the socio‐imagination: children's voices on creativity, capability and mental well‐being. Support for Learning, 35 (4). pp. 454-472.

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Abstract

With increasing concerns in the UK about the positive mental well-being and flourishing of children, this research, using drama and creative writing with primary school teachers, children and a theatre company, looks at the links between creative processes and children's well-being. This pedagogy applies a capability approach and we use this lens to examine children's critical reflections on the project. Interview data highlight the link between agency, social imagination and subjective well-being. The study offers some concrete examples of the ways in which creative processes can move beyond an outcome-based understanding of the curriculum by offering a legitimate space for children to explore their values and develop competencies which are crucial for well-being in the 21st century.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.12326
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/7220

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