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Children's Lived Experience and their Sense of Coherence: Bodily Play in a Norwegian After-school Programme

Løndal, Knut
Journal article, Peer reviewed
Postprint version. original article published by routledge is available at u r l: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2010.498414
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2010-10
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Løndal, K. (2010). Children's Lived Experience and their Sense of Coherence: Bodily Play in a Norwegian After-school Programme. Child Care in Practice, 16 (4), 391-407   http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2010.498414
Abstract
This article is based on materials gathered from qualitative research interviews among

eight-year-old and nine-year-old children participating in an after-school programme

(ASP) in Oslo, and investigates how bodily play affects their sense of coherence (SOC). In

line with Maurice Merleau-Ponty, children’s lived experiences are regarded as layered

emotions, actions and conceptions from previous bodily engagement. They bind together the

living body and its environment into a coherent, personal entirety that gives meaning to new

practical situations. The study is based on Aaron Antonovsky’s theory of SOC. The concept

of SOC expresses the extent to which an individual has a feeling of confidence in existence

as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful. SOC is regarded as an important

assumption for managing the world. The study shows that bodily play in the ASP has a

considerable potential of promoting the children’s SOC. Most of the children in the study

experience their world as comprehensible, manageable and meaningful. Negative thoughts

and feelings are reduced during bodily play. Play offers particularly strong opportunities for

the children themselves to shape outcomes, and for being together with other children whom

they know well. If a child is excluded from joint bodily play or experiences repetitive

unfriendly reports, the experiences of comprehensibility and manageability are reduced,

and SOC decreases. The study demonstrates the importance of pedagogical competence

among ASP professionals in terms of establishing an inclusive framework that

encourage and stimulate child-managed bodily play. Future training of ASP professionals

should encourage an understanding of the potential of developing SOC through bodily play.
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Routledge
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Child Care in Practice;16 (4)

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