Children's Literature And It's Effect On Kids

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Seminar Preparation E.G., PREPARATION FOR THE FIRST SEMINAR: The discussion question for the first seminar is: ‘What is children’s literature?’ therefore so that you are able to contribute in this first seminar you should bring along: * An academic article (NOT taken from those texts listed on the unit guide – try Google Scholar or your Athens account) that attempts to shed light on this question, and be prepared to summarise this. * Extracts from relevant children’s books that support your argument. * Any other material that you feel might be relevant or useful to discussions. Intro Seminar 1: Intro. What is Children’s Literature? * Peter Rabbit Discussion Points * Children’s books are supposed to teach kids moral lessons and values but what if they are teaching them the wrong thing to do? Article Title: Early lessons in bullying and victimization: The help and hindrance of children's literature. Authors: Oliver, Ronald L. and Young, Terrell A. Summary: * 80% to 90% of preadolescents will face some sort of psychological harassment or bullying. It’s shown that children’s literature is a significant way that children learn to cope with bullying but in the wrong way. However some stories have the ability to be therapeutic. The article looks at how various children’s stories view violence as a solution. * This supposed situation is not entirely fictional. There was a 12-year-old boy named Nathan who was similarly bullied in school, and there is a book (Kropp, 1982) that portrays the main character as resorting to an attack with a metal pipe to solve his problem with bullying. The real Nathan resorted to a handgun that resulted in his death and that of a classmate (Greenbaum, Turner, & Stephens, 1989). The lesson of counterattack and revenge, reacting with the same behavior as that of the harassers, is similar

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