SCHOOL’S ROLE ON DEALING WITH LOSS AND MOURNING OF CHILDREN: PROPOSALS IN GREEK EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT
Journal Title: IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature ( IMPACT : IJRHAL ) - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 5
Abstract
Family and school are primary child socialization institutions. They constitute social places where children learn to communicate, develop relationships and cultivate skills useful in the course of their lives. The concepts of "loss", "death" and "mourning" are demanding and sensitivethat is why handling these issues is becoming one of the most important skills in life. Loss is part of life and a child experiences it from an early age, when, for example, he/she loses his/her favorite toy or a puppy or when a person’s relativeis seriously ill and even when he/she daily lives with one of the two parents as a result of business responsibilities, divorce or death. Therefore, it is important that parents and teachers gradually contribute to the development of this skill by preschoolers as it will allow them to recognize process and express their emotions through realizing the loss and seeking for the supportive network. This paper is a literature review of researchers in which we attempt to outline children’s psychosocial consequences of loss and mourning according to their age, to give insights into the teachers' role in such a difficult issue in children's lives, to strengthen cooperation between family and school, and to present basic guidelines about the way we address children who experience a loss. Finally, we present sample educational material that could be used in the classroom to help students understand and develop relevant skills to contribute to shaping a positive attitude to teachers’ involvementin children's mourning and promotethe implementation of death-focused preventive educational programmed.
Authors and Affiliations
Vassiliki Pliogou, Harilaos Zaragas
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP301075
- DOI -
- Views 100
- Downloads 0
POSTMODERN DELHI: A VIEW THROUGH SOME NOVELS
Postmodern Delhi has been writing itself voluminously. This paper presents a survey of the Delhi novel- a genre that saw a boom coinciding with economic liberalization of the 1980s and is brimming with more and more lite...
A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON RELIGIOUS TOURISM IN UTTAR PRADESH
Tourism is the activities of societies traveling to and residing in places outside their usual atmosphere for not more than one successive year for relaxation, business and other commitments not related to the applicatio...
A FREE MAN'S WORSHIP: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was born in England. He was a mathematician by his study but using the mathematics for the purpose of logic he turned to be a most distinguished modern analytic philosopher. He has written mo...
Professional Experiences of Teacher Trainer with K-Yan During Primary Teacher Training Programme
To provide quality education to the mass number of untrained primary and upper primary teachers, diploma in elementary education through distance mode was started in India. Adapting the blended learning approach, face to...
GORBACHEV’S NEW THINKING: ITS IMPACT ON DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY OF SOVIET UNION
Present paper deals with the New Thinking policy adopted during Mikhail Gorbachev’s presidency in USSR. The paper contextualizes the reforms under this policy in the contemporary internal economic crisis and strategic di...