Creating an ecology of hope: Arts-based interventions with refugee children

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作者
Yohani S.C. [1 ]
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[1] Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5, 6-107, Education North
关键词
Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory; Children; Hope; Refugees; Resilience;
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10.1007/s10560-008-0129-x
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This paper illustrates how human ecological theory and hope theory were used to develop arts-based research tools and program interventions with refugee children in a Canadian inner city context. Building on key ideas such as: the contextualized, reciprocal, and dynamic nature of hope, the paper identifies a series of program activities. These include the use of photographs, a hope quilt, the development of narratives, followed by opportunities for children to share their hope work with others and for parents and other adults to undertake child-focused and hope-based discussions. Policy and program implications for refugee children are then discussed. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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