The Third Space of Play
Why does play intrigue me? I research, write and teach about children’s play. I rebelliously chose to become an early childhood teacher because I didn’t want a desk job. I wanted to be outside and to play. Young children interested me and I enjoyed their
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The Swing of the Pendulum The Urgency of Arts Education for Healing, Learning, and Wholeness
Foreword by Judith M. Burton
Edited by Diane Caracciolo and Courtney Lee Weida Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, Adelphi University, USA
A C.I.P. record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN: 978-94-6351-222-0 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6351-223-7 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6351-224-4 (e-book)
Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/
Cover image: Painting by Imogen Weida Farr, age two, 2017 (personal collection of Courtney Weida)
Printed on acid-free paper
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To Robert Caracciolo, a father who loved song and storytelling, and Robert “Robby” Chinosi, a teaching artist whose words and works endure.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forewordix Judith M. Burton Acknowledgementsxv Introductionxvii Diane Caracciolo and Courtney Lee Weida 1. Memory, Memorial, and Mentorship: The Companionship of Literature and the Arts Courtney Lee Weida and Jaime Chris Weida
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2. Taller Than the Trees: The Promise of Nature Writing for Inspiring Change7 Rob Linné and Shari Caton 3. What Ails Thee?: Stories That Strengthen Leonore Russell
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4. Caretakers of Warmth and Wonder: Creative Storytelling in Schools Today29 Nancy Mellon 5. The Girl Who Loved Stories: Weaving Connections through Narrative Dianne Schure
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6. Homage to Orisha: The Expressive Power of Praise Poetry or Oriki Dolapo Adeniji-Neill
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7. The Possibility of Nurturing a Kernel of Creativity in a Child Michael O’Loughlin
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8. Back to the Future: Imagination and Creativity as the Heart of Subjectivity87 Karen L. Lombardi 9. Balance Arises out of Movement and Stillness: Healing Observations of a Eurythmy Teacher Maria Ver Eecke 10. The Third Space of Play Sophie Alcock
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11. This School Saved My Life: Therapeutic Possibilities for the Dramatic Arts in Education Stephen Keith Sagarin
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12. Transformation and Renewal through the Arts: The Life and Work of Deirdre Hurst du Prey Diane Caracciolo
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JUDITH M. BURTON
FOREWORD
There are many moments of learning and healing in this lovely book: all of them made possible by narrative experiences in and through the arts. It does seem ironic though that at times of national or local disasters such as 911 or the depredations of hurricane Katrina the making of art in its many forms is evoked as central to public healing. Yet, and as this book so richly attests, arts practice is often marginalized in schools such that many young people ar
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