3. H συμβολή της βιωματικής εκπαίδευσης στη συναισθηματική ανάπτυξη μαθητών/τριων Δημοτικού Σχολείου: Μια ποιοτική προσέγγιση / Using experiential education for promoting elementary school pupils' emotional development: A qualitative approach

Abstract

Focusing on the views of the participants, the study examines the contribution of experiential education for the effectiveness of a primary prevention intervention aiming to develop the pupils’ emotional understanding. Data was collected via multiple methods (interviews, diaries, participant observation) from all the participants (pupils, teacher, parents) in three phases (during, after the intervention and seven months later) and was qualitatively analysed using thematic analysis. The participants’ rhetoric identified the importance of experience for learning as well as the effectiveness of experiential education as a teaching method in relation to (a) the difference between experiential and typical education, (b) the active learning opportunities children were provided with through playful activities, (c) the participants’ mutual exchange of experience leading to the formation of a safe and trustful environment and (d) the pupils’ appropriation of the reflective process in their everyday life.