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The Pedagogy of Enchantment: Discovering sensitive and aesthetic pathways in the context of the atelier Cover

The Pedagogy of Enchantment: Discovering sensitive and aesthetic pathways in the context of the atelier

Open Access
|Dec 2025

Abstract

This study explores the emergence of the Pedagogy of Enchantment, a concept under construction that seeks to reimagine educational experience through aesthetic sensitivity, listening, and imagination. In dialogue with thinkers such as Loris Malaguzzi, Gaston Bachelard, John Dewey, Rubem Alves, and Paulo Freire, this article positions enchantment as both a poetic and political act in education. The atelier, understood as a space for research, creation, and transformation, becomes a fertile ground for investigating how aesthetic experience and imaginative processes can foster more humanising and participatory forms of learning. Drawing from narrative inquiry and phenomenological reflection, the study highlights lived experiences within atelier-based practices and proposes enchantment as a lens through which education can be re-enchanted, valuing the beauty of everyday life and the transformative potential of imagination.

Language: English
Page range: 84 - 91
Submitted on: Dec 5, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 30, 2025
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Published on: Dec 31, 2025
Published by: University of Oradea
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2025 André Luiz Fernandes e Fernandes, Carmen Cavaco, published by University of Oradea
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