Canadian children's literature: an Alberta survey

Bainbridge, Joyce and Carbonaro, Mike and Green, Nicole (2005) Canadian children's literature: an Alberta survey. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 51 (4). pp. 311-327. ISSN 0002-4805

Abstract

This article presents the findings of an online survey administered to Alberta elementary school teachers in 2000-2001. The survey explored the teachers' knowledge and use of Canadian children's literature and their thoughts about the role of Canadian literature in elementary school classrooms. Canadian children's trade books espouse particular images and values that assist young Canadians in developing a sense of their national and personal identities. Respondents expressed their thoughts about the advantages and disadvantages of using Canadian literature. Overall, most teachers appeared to be unfamiliar with contemporary Canadian books and included Canadian materials in their classroom instruction only for specific Canadian content.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Permanent restricted access to published version in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Education (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Education (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2014 01:47
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2014 01:47
Fields of Research (2008):	13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management) 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2005 Literary Studies > 200506 North American Literature 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies
Fields of Research (2020):	39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390107 Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4705 Literary studies > 470523 North American literature 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4702 Cultural studies > 470212 Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 95 Cultural Understanding > 9502 Communication > 950203 Languages and Literature
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/20841

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