With increasing concerns in the UK about the positive mental well‐being and flourishing of children, this research, using drama and creative writing with primary school teachers, children and a theatre company, looks at the links between creative processes and children's well‐being. This pedagogy applies a capability approach and we use this lens to examine children's critical reflections on the project. Interview data highlight the link between agency, social imagination and subjective well‐being. The study offers some concrete examples of the ways in which creative processes can move beyond an outcome‐based understanding of the curriculum by offering a legitimate space for children to explore their values and develop competencies which are crucial for well‐being in the 21st century.

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释放社会想象力：儿童对创造力，能力和心理健康的声音

随着英国对儿童积极的心理健康和蓬勃发展的关注日益增加，这项研究通过与小学教师，儿童和戏剧公司合作进行戏剧和创造性写作，着眼于创作过程与儿童福祉之间的联系。这种教学法采用一种能力方法，我们使用这种视角来检查孩子们对该项目的批判性反思。访谈数据突出了代理人，社会想象力和主观幸福感之间的联系。这项研究提供了一些具体的例子，说明了创造性过程可以通过为儿童提供探索其价值观并发展对21世纪的幸福至关重要的能力的合法空间，从而超越对成果的基于结果的理解。