Embargo Period
8-9-2020
Degree Name
MA in Conflict Transformation
First Advisor
John Ungerleider Ed.D.
Abstract
The Vusumnotfo Persona Doll Programme is a program that incorporates Way of Council, traditional storytelling and dialogue together to enable community preschool teachers in rural Eswatini to use the Persona Doll Approach with their students. Many emaSwati are not given the support to develop their Emotional Literacy, leading to a continued cycle of emotional abuse and community trauma. The Vusumnotfo Persona Doll Programme is designed to give preschool teachers the necessary skills to navigate this shared trauma, create a safe space for these teachers to confront their own trauma and work together to create a culture of healing for the students they interact with. Due to the Covid-19 International Pandemic we were unable to implement this program for this paper, however we were able to develop the program fully, and create a plan to put it in place during the 2021 academic year, with all Eswatini Covid-19 restrictions being taken into account.
Keywords: The Persona Doll Approach, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Literacy, Pre School Children, Vusumnotfo, Kingdom of Eswatini
Disciplines
Africana Studies | Child Psychology | Early Childhood Education
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Breanna Nicole, "Sharing Stories, Building Bonds: The Reconciliating Power of a Narrative" (2020). Capstone Collection. 3212.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/capstones/3212