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AimTo explore the potential of a structured active play intervention to promote social and personal development in preschoolers during cancer treatment.DesignA hermeneutic‐phenomenological inspired explorative study.MethodsParticipant... more
AimTo explore the potential of a structured active play intervention to promote social and personal development in preschoolers during cancer treatment.DesignA hermeneutic‐phenomenological inspired explorative study.MethodsParticipant observations were conducted on 15 consecutively sampled children (aged 1–5 years) from April 2021 to April 2022. Observations were written as narrative scenic descriptions from field notes and were analysed inspired by hermeneutic‐phenomenological analysis and using a thematic analysis structure.ResultsObservations were carried out during 67 group or individual structured active play sessions, resulting in 129 scenic descriptions. Observations of the children's emotional, verbal and bodily expressions and social interactions resulted in three main themes: (1) wanting to play, (2) gaining confidence in movement and (3) being part of a group. The findings showed how children, irrespective of age and the severity of their illness, wanted to play and e...
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... [Taylor & Francis Online] View all references) puts it: 'mind the gap'. ... However, there is a danger of betraying the underlying philosophy of body-mind holism and being seduced into the respectable world of academe... more
... [Taylor & Francis Online] View all references) puts it: 'mind the gap'. ... However, there is a danger of betraying the underlying philosophy of body-mind holism and being seduced into the respectable world of academe dominated by rational intellect in order to gain or establish ...
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In spite of many different theoretical approaches, there is today substantial agreement that body and psyche must be regarded as a coherent dynamic and organic system with innate cultural and social significance, some of which may be... more
In spite of many different theoretical approaches, there is today substantial agreement that body and psyche must be regarded as a coherent dynamic and organic system with innate cultural and social significance, some of which may be observed directly in the body and movement of the individual. This article is based on this often primarily theoretically grounded observation, and reveals, through narratives from movement pedagogic and dance therapeutic contexts, a need for regarding the multidimensional meanings of not just the body, but also of movement. The narratives in the article about embodied memories concern emotional nakedness, existential hunger, felt “hooks” and wounded hearts. The question is whether investigations of body and movement may create a counterweight to the pervasive focus on verbalization, and give occasion to examine problems and possibilities for solutions through concrete and direct access to the body’s basic expressivity, rooted in embodied experience.
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Video games are sometimes used in school physical education in order to fulfil the goals for dance in the Swedish national curriculum. This can be interesting as a way for teachers to teach dance, particularly if the teacher is busy just... more
Video games are sometimes used in school physical education in order to fulfil the goals for dance in the Swedish national curriculum. This can be interesting as a way for teachers to teach dance, particularly if the teacher is busy just showing the dance and thus missing the actual teaching. In the chapter, researchers specialising in dance pedagogy, physical education, movement analysis and the use of artefacts in education together discuss this pedagogical case.
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Anti-cancer treatments, as well as cancer itself, reduce children’s cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, and gross motor functions. Early rehabilitation programs, including physical activity for childhood cancer patients, can... more
Anti-cancer treatments, as well as cancer itself, reduce children’s cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, and gross motor functions. Early rehabilitation programs, including physical activity for childhood cancer patients, can counteract these adverse effects. Previous studies of school-aged children (6–18 years old) indicate that physical activity, including aerobic and resistance training, is safe, feasible, and effective. The goal of structured physical activity rehabilitation for preschool children (1–5 years old) is to support gross motor development and opportunities to move freely in various ways. Specific rehabilitation for preschoolers diagnosed with cancer is needed to promote physical-, social-, and personal development. This paper introduces a conceptual model—The RePlay (Rehabilitation including structured active play) Model—for organizing physical rehabilitation sessions based on structured active play for preschoolers with cancer. The theory and empirically base...
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Körperkontakt und Körpersprache sind einzigartig und existenziell, und sie sind, obwohl kulturabhängig und in eine je spezifische Sozialität eingebettet, universelle Kommunikationsformen. Der warme, nahe und nährende Körperkontakt ist für... more
Körperkontakt und Körpersprache sind einzigartig und existenziell, und sie sind, obwohl kulturabhängig und in eine je spezifische Sozialität eingebettet, universelle Kommunikationsformen. Der warme, nahe und nährende Körperkontakt ist für Kleinkinder überall auf der Welt essenziell sowohl für deren körperliche Erfahrung von sich selbst als auch für das Erleben von Grenzen zwischen sich und der Welt. In westlichen Gesellschaften werden die Prämissen für Kontakt in gewisser Weise zunehmend dem Bereich der virtuellen Kommunikation entlehnt. Angesichts der Breite der hiermit verbundenen Perspektive stellt sich die Frage, ob bewusstes und experimentelles Arbeiten mit Körperkontakt und Körpersprache in der Bewegungspsychologie Potenziale für eine intensivere persönlicher Entwicklung und für soziale und kulturelle Lernprozesse eröffnen kann. Die hier vorgestellte Arbeit geht auf das Forschungsprojekt "Bewegungspsychologie: Die Sprache des Körpers und die Psychologie der Bewegung auf d...
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Video games are sometimes used in school physical education in order to fulfil the goals for dance in the Swedish national curriculum. This can be interesting as a way for teachers to teach dance, particularly if the teacher is busy just... more
Video games are sometimes used in school physical education in order to fulfil the goals for dance in the Swedish national curriculum. This can be interesting as a way for teachers to teach dance, particularly if the teacher is busy just showing the dance and thus missing the actual teaching. In the chapter, researchers specialising in dance pedagogy, physical education, movement analysis and the use of artefacts in education together discuss this pedagogical case.
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BackgroundChildren diagnosed with cancer experience muscle weakness and impaired physical function caused by treatment and related immobility. The situation forces them into a negative cycle of diminished participation in physical and... more
BackgroundChildren diagnosed with cancer experience muscle weakness and impaired physical function caused by treatment and related immobility. The situation forces them into a negative cycle of diminished participation in physical and leisure activities and isolation from peers; inhibiting the natural development of social and gross motor skills. This manuscript presents a protocol for a study that explores the effects of using structured active play to maintain preschoolers' age specific gross motor function and social and personal skills while undertaking intensive cancer treatment.MethodsThe study is a two-arm, superiority randomized controlled trial with an intervention and a control group designed to evaluate the effects of a structured active play intervention on gross motor function. Gross motor subtests of the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, Second Edition (PDMS-2) are used for measurement; with the primary end-point at 6 months post-treatment initiation. Eighty-four...