Moral and ethical development issues in childrens literature. Week 5, you will more deeply examine the value of children’s literature as a tool of moral and ethical development, as well as the opportunity to study issues in children’s literature.
Moral and ethical development issues in childrens literature
Week 5, you will more deeply examine the value of children’s literature as a tool of moral and ethical development, as well as the opportunity to study issues in children’s literature. There are several substantial issues in children’s literature that greatly affect the teaching and exposure of children’s literature. It is important to understand these issues when looking at the value of teaching the genre of children’s literature.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following: A description of the value of teaching children’s literature as a tool of moral and ethical development in children, using examples from the course readings that may include its effect on any or all of the following:
Imagination
Language development
Socialization (prejudice and tolerance)
Gender roles
An analysis of three of the following issues in children’s literature using specific examples from the course:
Gender roles
Censorship (by parents, schools, libraries, era-specific)
Violence
Sex and sexual orientation
Authorial intent
Race
Language/Lexile® scales
Note: if you choose censorship, select a reading that is often censored and determine why it is censored and whether or not you agree with that censorship.
The discussion should be about the literature and its benefits or defects, not about personal opinion and social norms.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Note: Students who are enrolled in the BA in English program may be required to use MLA formatting.
Submit your assignment.
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The Moral of the Story Is …: Using Children’s Literature in Moral Education
Moral education is the process whereby teachers and other adults support children’s growing understanding of right and wrong, their ability to think critically about how their actions affect the well-being of others, and their expression of values such as caring, respect for others, and responsibility.
Children’s literature is a useful tool for moral education, centering around concepts of fairness, human welfare, and human rights. Sharing children’s literature, supplemented by lively classroom discussions about the moral issues in the stories, is an effective strategy for promoting children’s moral development (Krogh & Lamme 1985; Clare & Gallimore 1996; Siu-Runyan 1996). Through literature, children can observe other people’s lives, experiences, and various versions of moral conflicts and learn to take others’ perspectives.
They can also recognize moral and ethical dilemmas by observing the behavior of story characters. This article explores how literature affects children’s thoughts about moral issues. The authors discuss the stages of moral development and provided suggestions for choosing children’s literature, and ideas and questions for leading class discussion of moral dilemmas to promote moral reasoning abilities. (Contains a list of 16 resources.)
… Picture books have intrinsic appeal, and instructors can use them with a variety of learners to teach a variety of concepts and skills (Neal & Moore, 1992;Routman, 1994). Koc and Buzzelli (2004) used picture books with well-defined dilemmas, powerful plots, lively characters, and clear and logical consequences to advance their young students’ moral reasoning skills.
They did so by discussing characters’ actions in the context of moral issues like fairness and human rights. …
… This method of instruction often turns adolescents off to what is being said.
Placing ideas or lessons in the context of a story allows teachers to make their point without lecturing, challenge current ideas, and advance students’ reasoning skills (Koc & Buzzelli, 2004). When teachers ask open-ended questions, allow students to express their ideas, and do various activities to get students involved, they nurture development in a nonauthoritarian way (Damon, 1988). …
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