Embodied Creativity: An experimental school laboratory on movement to promote the educational development of students with SLD

Titolo Rivista EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES
Autori/Curatori Davide Di Palma, Maria Giovanna Tafuri
Anno di pubblicazione 2025 Fascicolo 2024/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 14 P. 63-76 Dimensione file 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/erp2-2024oa18716
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The concept of creativity identified as a mental construct, in recent years, has seen an evolution towards an embodied vision of creativity. The body and movement take on a fundamental role as an educational and inclusive tool for relating to others, for exploring the environment and as a generator of ideas and mental abilities. In this regard, the aim of this research was to propose a creative dance school laboratory for students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) and evaluate its effectiveness in the development of fundamental personal skills. The Questionnaire on Mental Abilities second version (QuAM 2) was used as an evaluation tool and the results allowed us to appreciate the goodness of the educational proposal and to propose interesting considerations for the stakeholders of teaching and special pedagogy.

The concept of creativity identified as a mental construct, in recent years, has seen an evolution towards an embodied vision of creativity. The body and movement take on a fundamental role as an educational and inclusive tool for relating to others, for exploring the environment and as a generator of ideas and mental abilities. In this regard, the aim of this research was to propose a creative dance school laboratory for students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) and evaluate its effectiveness in the development of fundamental personal skills. The Questionnaire on Mental Abilities second version (QuAM 2) was used as an evaluation tool and the results allowed us to appreciate the goodness of the educational proposal and to propose interesting considerations for the stakeholders of teaching and special pedagogy.

Parole chiave:; Embodied Creativity; Creativity Dance; Educational Laboratory; Educational Skills; Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

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Davide Di Palma, Maria Giovanna Tafuri, Embodied Creativity: An experimental school laboratory on movement to promote the educational development of students with SLD in "EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES" 2/2024, pp 63-76, DOI: 10.3280/erp2-2024oa18716