Development of Social Intelligence in Preschool Children by Art Therapy: Case Study of Oyna Educational Centre

Akhmetzhan S. Seitenov, Rakhila Zh. Aubakirova, Alyona A. Kostyunina, Ekaterina V. Mishchenko, Natalya B. Shevchenko

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The objective of this research paper is to elaborate methods for the development of social intelligence of preschool children by means of art therapy. Using the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale cognitive, behavioural and affective criteria are refined with the corresponding indicators of the levels of development of social intelligence in preschool children. The methodology was implemented at the following stages: the preparatory one was characterized by an emotional mood, rallying the children’s team, and diagnosing interpersonal relationships, the main one is both summative and formative, which provides for training, and the final one is summing up with the help of a diary of pedagogical observations. The description of art-therapeutic methods, in particular, fairy-tale therapy, game therapy, drama therapy and isotherapy used in working with children are presented. The paper substantiates the need to test the effectiveness of the developed methodology in the process of empirical research and the adaptation of the Tromsø Scale to diagnose the levels of development of social intelligence in preschool children. In addition, the preparation of teachers for work, sharing and assimilation of the acquired pedagogical experience in the teaching process of preschool educational institutions was covered.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.19.5.17


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social intelligence; development; preschool child; art therapy

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