Valuing Diversity: The Role of Developmentally Appropriate Books in Spanish

Schon, Isabel; Greathouse, Betty

doi:10.1080/00094056.1990.10522546

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“…These researchers suggested that African folktales, which reflect African culture, facilitate African students' learning because they more readily identify with the characters, plot, and setting in such stories. Schon and Greathouse (1990) examined the role of developmentally appropriate books written in Spanish for Spanish speaking children. They wrote that the first goal in helping children appreciate diversity is to help facilitate positive gender, racial, cultural and class identity in the children themselves.…”

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Children's Literature across the Curriculum: An Ontario Survey

Pantaleo¹

2002

Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation

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In this article, I have presented findings from survey data to describe elementary teachers' and teacher-librarians' use of various genres of children' s literature and their use of children's literature in specific curriculum areas. Data analysis revealed that teachers and teacherlibrarians most frequently used the genres of non-fiction, realistic fiction, and fantasy in their teaching. They used children's literature in language and social studies to a greater extent than in other curricular areas. In general, teachers' and teacher-librarians' use of Canadian literature was limited. I have concluded the article with a discussion of the importance of national literature in Canadian classrooms.

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