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Showing 1 to 20 of 224 for “"children's literature"”.
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Children's Literature and Diabetes
My studies consider the genre of children's literature, specifically picture books, and their treatment of the topic of diabetes. I frame my argument with an examination of diabetes, the psychological effects of diabetes on the child, the need of thorough education about diabetes. I argue for the …
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Integrating children's literature and mathematics
… study that explores what happens when children's literature is integrated into the teaching of mathematics. The subjects for this study are five fourth and fifth grade students in a resource room located in a southern New Jersey elementary school. For this study, students participated …
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Black aesthetics in children's literature
… is to show that although many African American children’s books have been used as “race texts” to give children insight into race relations of the past, many are important in that they preserve the Black dialect and encourage child activism and social change. Black aesthetics are most beneficial …
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Moral development and children's literature
… activities were associated with selections from children's literature and arranged to constitute a program which operationalizes the Kohlberg theory of moral development. The program was reviewed for theoretical consistency. The program includes the following types of children's literature: …
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Observation on foreign children's literature in Taiwan: The future of local children's literature in Taiwan
… to fade, while the increasing number of the children of foreign brides will play an important role in the future. On the other hand, culture from Japan and the West keep influencing Taiwan. We mix all resources together and hope to keep our culture growing in this rich land.</p> <p>The thesis …
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Parental Portrayals in Children's Literature: 1900-2000
The portrayals of mothers and fathers in children's literature as companions, disciplinarians, caregivers, nurturers, and providers were documented in this research. The impact of time of publication, sex of author, award-winning status of book, best-selling status of book, race of characters, and …
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National Identity in South African Children's Literature
… concept that develops at a young age from children's surroundings and interactions. According to Martyn Barrett, this sense of National identity is present as early as the age of 5, with children gaining greater understanding of the significance of national identity to the age of 11. During …
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National consciousness in Postcolonial Nigerian children's literature
… project highlights the role of locally produced children's written literature for ages six to fourteen in postcolonial Nigeria as a catalyst for national transformation in the wake of colonial rule. My objective is to reveal the perceived possibilities and pitfalls contained in Nigerian …
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The Representation of the Environment in Children's Literature
… examines a purposeful census of the best selling children's books for 0-8 year olds in the United States in 2003. This cross-sectional study of these social artifacts evaluates the extent to which the ideologies of the environmental movement have been inculcated into culture. It evaluates how the …
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Finding Their Chrysanthemum: Linguistic Representation in Children's Literature
<p>Children in America today struggle with finding themselves in the books they read due to societal expectations. From an early age, children are dictated on the correct way to speak and write in “American,” which can leave children and their home languages feeling unseen and dismissed. To help …
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Advent of Denial of Death in Children's Literature
… notions of childhood, society begins to protect children from the dangers that supposedly exist exclusively in adult reality, particularly death. Taking into consideration society's attitude towards childhood, this thesis closely examines the different ways in which authors deny death in …
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Representations of Anglo-Saxon England in Children's Literature
<p>This thesis surveys the children's literary accounts of Anglo-Saxon history and literature that have been written since the mid-nineteenth century. Authors of different ages emphasize different aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture as societal need for and interpretation of the past change. In studying …
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Representations of Transracial Korean *Adoption in Children's Literature
… of transracial Korean adoption in American children's literature published from 1955 to 2007. Since the 1950s, more than 200,000 Korean children have been sent from South Korea to North America and Europe to be adopted into previously all-white families. Over 110,000 were adopted into the …
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Controlling Creativity: The Power Of Drawing In Children's Literature
In children’s literature, control is a recurring theme. Children try to find power however they can, but they are under control of adults. Since they are characters, though, the author has complete control of them, because he creates them. Creation is a form of power, then, and child characters can …
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