PHYSICAL CONDITION, BREATHING TECHNIQUES AND BODY AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR RESILIENCE EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY CONTEXT

Maria Federica Paolozzi, Jelena Aleksic, Stefania Maddalena

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The construct of resilience is employed as an educational device, in the specific context of higher education, to enable students to acquire the ability to cope with adversity, with a perspective of Lifelong Learning. Resilience education and related skills intercepts the themes of Physical and Body Literacy according to a holistic and integrated approach. Methodologies and tools developed within the Erasmus RESUPERES Project in the areas of Physical condition, breathing techniques and autobiographical metodologies are presented.


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Physical condition, breathing techniques, body autobiography, resilience education

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