Play, art, and narrative (PAN): A three-way symbiosis
the importance of PAN in the lives of
children and adults.
Teaching professionals who enroll
will be introduced to the theoretical
underpinnings, research evidence, and
practical implementation of PAN with
children and practitioners.
Students will learn the importance
of this approach to the holistic
development and learning of children
in early childhood and beyond.
Play, Art, and Narrative (PAN) work together in a tripartite
reciprocity, a three-way symbiosis, reflecting the journeyed
experience of becoming human.
Play, Art, and Narrative (PAN) is
the title of the integrated graduate
education experience during the Early
Childhood Education (ECE) Summer
Institute offered through University
of Regina’s, Faculty of Education,
Graduate Studies.
The summer institute draws upon
the plethora of play, art, and narrative
research that continues to augment
In previous summer institutes,
practicing teachers from University of
Regina, University of Saskatchewan,
University of British Columbia, and
University of Alberta have joined the
ECE Summer Institute.
Wondering what to do next summer?
Consider enrolling in the Play Art
Narrative ECE Summer Institute!
For more information contact
Dr. Patrick Lewis at
[email protected]
PAN is a pedagogical practice that has
evolved from the research, teaching,
and expressive art therapy work of
Karen Wallace and Patrick Lewis.
The three elements of PAN are often
theorized, researched, practiced, and/
or taught separately. However, in
Karen's and Patrick’s work over the
past 30 years, they have found that
the three are, in fact, not separate;
they work together in a tripartite
reciprocity, a three-way symbiosis,
reflecting the journeyed experience of
becoming human.
Drawing upon recent brain research,
life span psychology, ToM, narrative
research, play research, pedagogical
research, and research in the
expressive art therapies, Wallace and
Lewis demonstrate how PAN facilitates
and nurtures the development and
learning of children.
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