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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811000003321

Autore

Clark Barbara A.

Titolo

Echoes from a child's soul : awakening the moral imagination of children / / Barbara Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

90-04-43287-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 pages)

Collana

Imagination and Praxis ; ; Volume 14

Disciplina

371.93

Soggetti

Problem children - Education

Poetry - Therapeutic use

Poetry - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Echoes from a Child's Soul: Awakening the Moral Imagination of Children presents remarkable poetry inspired by aesthetic education methodology created by children that were labelled academically, socially, and/or emotionally at-risk. Many children deemed average or below-grade level composed poetry beyond their years revealing moral imagination. Art psychology and aesthetic methodology merge to portray the power of awakening children's voices once silenced. The children's poetry heralds critical and empathic messages for our future. This book proposes an overwhelming need for change in America's public-school education system so that no child is ignored, silenced, deemed less than, or marginalized"--