Visual art activities as a means of realizing aspects of empowerment for blind and visually impaired young people

Potočnik, Robert (author), Zavšek, Klementina (author), Vidrih, Alenka (author)

In this article, we present a study that examined the effects of visual art activities on the realization of aspects of empowerment in a blind ninth-grade elementary school female student with minimal residual vision. We focused on three key aspects: well-being, positive self-image, and empowerment of strengths and weaknesses. In addition to the student, her mother and a personal assistant who accompanies the student during each activity in art class participated in the study. Based on initial interviews with all three participants, we developed ten visual art activities that address at least one of the listed aspects in different ways. Based on interviews, rating scales, observations and analysis of the visual art solutions, we found that visual art activities have a significant impact on improving a person's well-being, helping to strengthen a good self-image, reinforcing strong areas and developing weaker ones. In the future, we could broaden the range of psychological aspects that could be influenced by artistic activities, and we would also obtain more interesting and reliable results if more people with different special needs were included in the research.

• Language: English
• Keywords: primary school, visual art education, visually challenged, self-help, self-perception
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 41-54
• Numbering: Vol. 14, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164500
• UDC: 376-056.262:7.01
• ISSN on article: 2165-8714
• DOI: 10.12973/eu-jer.14.1.41
• COBISS.SI-ID: 213108227
• Publication date in RUL: 28.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal of educational research
• Publisher: Eurasian Society of Educational Research
• ISSN: 2165-8714
• COBISS.SI-ID: 19227400

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: vizualna umetnost, aktivnosti, opolnomočenje, mladi, umetnost, motnje vida