Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2012
Location
Lower Level, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-14-2012 9:00 AM
End Date
4-14-2012 10:00 AM
Abstract
In this study I examined multicultural education and global education. Today, children live in a global society, thus it is necessary to provide them with meaningful learning experiences that familiarize the belief systems, values, and history of cultures and countries from around the world. A review of literature explores implications and effects that the curriculum had on students and its practical uses in everyday instruction. My focus of the study evolved to encompass the use of children’s literature as an instructional tool for global education. I discovered the crucial role that children’s literature plays in a student’s emotional, social and academic development. This genre of Children’s literature helps students make tangible sense of unfamiliar global concepts through stories and illustrations that generate classroom discussion, serve as a safe setting for the exploration of social and moral issues, and allow students to picture the world from the perspective of another.
Global Education Through Children's Literature
Lower Level, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University
In this study I examined multicultural education and global education. Today, children live in a global society, thus it is necessary to provide them with meaningful learning experiences that familiarize the belief systems, values, and history of cultures and countries from around the world. A review of literature explores implications and effects that the curriculum had on students and its practical uses in everyday instruction. My focus of the study evolved to encompass the use of children’s literature as an instructional tool for global education. I discovered the crucial role that children’s literature plays in a student’s emotional, social and academic development. This genre of Children’s literature helps students make tangible sense of unfamiliar global concepts through stories and illustrations that generate classroom discussion, serve as a safe setting for the exploration of social and moral issues, and allow students to picture the world from the perspective of another.