Abstract

PARRA-ESQUIVEL, Eliana Isabel. Meaningful occupation and its importance in the education of thought and emotional development. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2010, vol.58, n.1, pp.75-83. ISSN 0120-0011.

This article presents a review about the importance of meaningful occupations on education and emotional development. First, positive and negative aspects of emotions and their impact on cognitive states are analyzed. Also, it is highlighted how imaginative understanding is developed through a series of stages, playing a relevant role in occupations that occur during infancy. Subsequently, it is shown that playing is not the only meaningful occupation in children, but that in general usage of leisure time has an important role, which becomes more important in adolescence as a means for education and development. These two ocupations (playing and use of leisure time) are then presented as instruments that will bring about tools for the individual, and whose value must be recognized starting at the school. This leads us to conclude that an adequate organization and judgement in the use of meaningful occupations has the ability to influence emotional and cognitive aspects

Keywords : occupational therapy; education; play and playthings; games; experimental; emotional intelligence.

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