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• Title: Authenticating Children's Literature: Raising Cultural Awareness with an Inquiry-Based Project in a Teacher Education Course.
• Author : Teacher Education Quarterly
• Release Date : January 22, 2006
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 244 KB

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Any visit to the children's section of a popular bookstore or the library of a nearby elementary school will verify the fact that folktales constitute a significant portion of the literature represented. Folktales are extremely popular with children (Norton, 1999), and numerous reasons exist for their use in children's education. Folktales can help children appreciate the reality of human diversity and increase children's empathy with people of other cultures (Fuhler, Farris & Hatch, 1998). Through folktales, children can experience the wishes, dreams, and problems of people around the world and discover that all people share a need for love, hope, and security (Santino, 1991). Folk material can also initiate discussions of values, worldview and history (Magliocco, 1992). Unfortunately, these multicultural benefits can be diminished by the use of picture storybooks that do not adapt or retell folktales in an accurate, authentic, and respectful manner (Kurtz, 1996; Mo & Shen, 1997; Yokota, 1993). Noll (2003) states that culturally authentic literature has the "capacity to break down negative stereotypes and encourage understanding and appreciation of different cultures" (p. 183). Bishop (1997) writes that if "multicultural literature is to ... help readers gain insight into and appreciation for the social groups reflected in the literature, then the literature ought to reflect accurately those groups and their cultures" (p. 16). Norton (2001) notes that the issue of authenticity is crucial in the selection of multicultural children's literature. Yet, Norton (2001) acknowledges the question posed by Betsy Hearne: "How do you tell if a folktale in picture-book format is authentic, or true to its cultural background?" (p. 8).

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