ABSTRACT

The digital economy and the global pandemic, together with the effects of climate change, have taken a human toll affecting the pace of everyday life, creating an exponential increase in anxiety and stress related diseases. Today’s complex, globalised world creates a need to challenge and reconceptualise educational priorities. In an increasingly polarised world of beliefs and values, with a rise in populism and nationalism, empathy is essential. In order to function successfully, one needs to know who people are, and the whys and wherefores of their actions and beliefs. This article focuses on how the Arts and humanities can teach a new generation of life skills necessitated by our globalised society and the socio-political aspects of immigration. It discusses how embodied pedagogies help develop self-awareness, emotional regulation and affective empathy and reduce stress. The authors present Arts-based pedagogies and educational strategies that bring history, cultures and beliefs alive and help counteract hatred, tribalism and racism and the illusion of ‘us and them.’ The article examines what these changes in pedagogy can offer to the discourse, both in the need to keep body/mind healthy and acquisition of new skills necessary for adapting to a changing global environment and cultural /political landscapes.

摘要

数字经济和全球大流行，以及气候变化的影响，已经对人类造成了影响，影响了日常生活的节奏，导致焦虑和压力相关疾病呈指数级增长。当今复杂的全球化世界需要挑战和重新定义教育优先事项。在信仰和价值观日益两极分化的世界中，随着民粹主义和民族主义的兴起，同理心至关重要。为了成功运作，人们需要知道人们是谁，以及他们的行为和信仰的原因和原因。本文重点介绍艺术和人文学科如何教授我们全球化社会和移民的社会政治方面所需的新一代生活技能。它讨论了具身教学法如何帮助发展自我意识，情绪调节和情感同理心，减轻压力。作者介绍了以艺术为基础的教学法和教育策略，它们使历史、文化和信仰栩栩如生，并有助于消除仇恨、部落主义和种族主义以及“我们和他们”的错觉。本文探讨了这些教学法的变化可以为话语提供什么，既需要保持身心健康，又需要获得适应不断变化的全球环境和文化/政治景观所必需的新技能。