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| Id | 814 | |
| Author | Blackburn C. | |
| Title | ‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital | |
| Reference | Blackburn C.; ‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital ;Journal of Early Childhood Research vol:18.0 issue: 3 page:287.0 |
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| Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087868346&doi=10.1177%2f1476718X20935158&partnerID=40&md5=c172e319e5bb1c2c20859ae006a8168b |
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| Abstract | Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (1782–1852) yearned to promote and foster the harmonious and holistic development of young children through a combination of outdoor activities, songs and games. His Mother Songs, with games and exercises for mothers and their infants, aimed to encourage the use of senses, limbs and body to increase body awareness and promote mental activity. This article reports on a qualitative interpretive study into the role of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital where children on all wards are invited to participate in singing games and activities. An aim was to understand how the application of Froebelian principles can help us to understand and conceptualise children’s rights and well-being in restricted environments such as a Children’s Hospital. Methods included semi-structured interviews with a range of health and education professionals who support children in a children’s hospital in England. In contrast to previous largely quantitative studies relating to the transferable benefits of arts in health projects, the findings from this study suggest that participants value the human connectedness imbued by a Singing Medicine project to children, families and health professionals. Wider benefits for children’s holistic development and empowerment to make choices through participation in singing games were also raised. © The Author(s) 2020. |
‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital. This in turn he argued would strengthen the limbs body and senses leading to a more purposeful use of them an awareness of things as they are and consideration of them. APPGAHW and Fancourt suggest a wide range of socio-medical education and psychological benefits for children from participation in arts in health projects not least providing a medium through which they can exercise control and agency over their life in an environment where acute care focuses on survival recovery and rehabilitation rather than personal choice. Some participants mentioned that the project had positive effects for staff for example that it was encouraging for staff to see children enjoying themselves that it had a positive effect on nurses in that it reminds nurses that they are looking after a person first and a patient second and Blackburn that it positively influences the acoustic ecology of restricted spaces which is beneficial for chil- drens well-being. Further to this the benefits for staff well-being that result from observing children experiencing something pleasurable and uplifting were noted.
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