Secondary language: |
English |
Secondary title: |
Guided visualization as stimulation for dance expression |
Secondary abstract: |
In my diploma paper I focussed on a problem that can occur in every town, in every kindergarten, in every group of children – a problem of a lack of relaxation, relaxation games and creative movement.
In the theoretical part I described stress and its influence on a child. If we want to recognise stress and respond to it we have to know its behavioural, physical and emotional signs and symptoms. The best way is trying to avoid stress and thus lessen the number of stressful situations and consequently unburden the body. This is why it is important for teachers to know the most common causes of stress among children.
It is not enough to know that a child is under stress if we cannot help him. For this reason I also wrote about relaxation and calming in one of the chapters. Due to the fast tempo of life relaxation became very important, even for children. I described the relaxation techniques that are appropriate to be used in kindergartens.
The relaxation has positive effects on all areas of child’s development. For this reason I also focussed on the creative movement, which combines relaxation activity, creativity, imagination and movement. I described the importance of the creative movement for a child’s development and the positive impacts of this method.
In the empirical part I combined one of the relaxation techniques, the guided visualisation, and the creative movement, at the suggestion of my mentor, doc. Gordana Schmidt. I used the guided visualisation as a relaxation technique and at the same time as a method that stimulates children’s dance expression and contributes to greater creativity. The results were positive. The children were relaxed, creative and pleased. I found that children in kindergarten need relaxation, that their imagination is unlimited, that the guided visualisation is a good stimulation for dance expression and that relaxed children are creative, willing to cooperate and not aggressive. |
Secondary keywords: |
pre-school child;dance;relaxation;predšolski otrok;ples;sprostitev; |
File type: |
application/pdf |
Type (COBISS): |
Undergraduate thesis |
Thesis comment: |
Univ. Ljubljana, Pedagoška fak., Predšolska vzgoja |
Pages: |
63 str. |
Type (ePrints): |
thesis |
Title (ePrints): |
Guided visualization as stimulation for dance expression |
Keywords (ePrints): |
stres |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
stress |
Abstract (ePrints): |
V diplomski nalogi sem se osredotočila na težavo, ki jo srečamo v vsakem kraju, v vsakem vrtcu in v vsaki skupini otrok. To je pomanjkanje sproščanja, sprostitvenih iger in gibanja, usmerjenega k ustvarjalnosti.
V teoretičnem delu sem zato opisala stres in njegov vpliv na otroka. Če želimo stres prepoznati in se nanj odzvati, moramo poznati tudi njegove znake, ki so lahko vedenjski, telesni ali čustveni. Še bolje pa je, da se mu skušamo izogibati in s tem zmanjšamo število stresnih situacij ter s tem razbremenimo telo, zato je pomembno, da vzgojitelji poznamo najpogostejše vzroke stresa pri otrocih.
Seveda nam nič ne koristi, če znamo ugotoviti, da je otrok pod stresom, a mu ne znamo pomagati, zato sem poglavje v diplomski nalogi posvetila tudi sproščanju in umirjanju. Izhajam iz tega, da je sprostitev v današnjem življenjskem tempu naša potreba, kar je zelo pomembno tudi za najmlajše. Opisujem tudi sprostitvene tehnike, ki so primerne za uporabo v vrtcu.
Sprostitev pozitivno vpliva na vsa področja otrokovega razvoja, zato sem se osredotočila še na ustvarjalni gib, ki združuje sprostitveno dejavnost, ustvarjalnost, domišljijo in gibanje. Opisujem pomen ustvarjalnega giba za otrokov razvoj in navajam pozitivne učinke metode ustvarjalnega giba.
V empiričnem delu sem po sugestiji mentorice doc. Gordane Schmidt eno izmed sprostitvenih tehnik, tj. vodeno vizualizacijo, združila z ustvarjalnim gibom. Uporabila sem način, da je vodena vizualizacija sprostitev in hkrati spodbuda za plesno izražanje otrok ter pripomore k večji kreativnosti. Rezultati so bili pozitivni. Otroci so bili sproščeni, ustvarjalni in zadovoljni. Ugotovila sem, da otroci v vrtcu potrebujejo sprostitev, da je njihova domišljija brezmejna, da je vodena vizualizacija dobra spodbuda za plesno izražanje in predvsem da so sproščeni otroci ustvarjalni, pripravljeni sodelovati in niso agresivni. |
Abstract (ePrints, secondary language): |
In my diploma paper I focussed on a problem that can occur in every town, in every kindergarten, in every group of children – a problem of a lack of relaxation, relaxation games and creative movement.
In the theoretical part I described stress and its influence on a child. If we want to recognise stress and respond to it we have to know its behavioural, physical and emotional signs and symptoms. The best way is trying to avoid stress and thus lessen the number of stressful situations and consequently unburden the body. This is why it is important for teachers to know the most common causes of stress among children.
It is not enough to know that a child is under stress if we cannot help him. For this reason I also wrote about relaxation and calming in one of the chapters. Due to the fast tempo of life relaxation became very important, even for children. I described the relaxation techniques that are appropriate to be used in kindergartens.
The relaxation has positive effects on all areas of child’s development. For this reason I also focussed on the creative movement, which combines relaxation activity, creativity, imagination and movement. I described the importance of the creative movement for a child’s development and the positive impacts of this method.
In the empirical part I combined one of the relaxation techniques, the guided visualisation, and the creative movement, at the suggestion of my mentor, doc. Gordana Schmidt. I used the guided visualisation as a relaxation technique and at the same time as a method that stimulates children’s dance expression and contributes to greater creativity. The results were positive. The children were relaxed, creative and pleased. I found that children in kindergarten need relaxation, that their imagination is unlimited, that the guided visualisation is a good stimulation for dance expression and that relaxed children are creative, willing to cooperate and not aggressive. |
Keywords (ePrints, secondary language): |
stress |
ID: |
8309912 |