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ERIC Number: EJ1451363
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1521-7779
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Imagining the World: Young Children's Engagement with Picturebook Representations of Cultural Diversity
Angela M. Wiseman; Bethany P. Lewis; Jill F. Grifenhagen; Corrie H. Dobis
Journal of Children's Literature, v50 n2 p38-52 2024
Picturebooks can broaden students' understanding of diverse experiences and perspectives, both within and beyond their own worlds; in addition, picturebooks can affirm students' identities (Botelho & Rudman, 2009) and create spaces for critical conversations. Using the theoretical framework for critical multicultural analysis, this qualitative case study investigated one avenue for integrating cultural diversity--themed texts into a kindergarten classroom with the usage of interactive read-aloud techniques. In the session described in this article, young children drew and wrote responses after engaging in an interactive read-aloud of "The Proudest Blue" (Muhammad & Ali, 2019) in their classroom. "The Proudest Blue" reflects the author's older sister's first day wearing a hijab at school but also shows how some children reflected xenophobic attitudes. The research question that focused the study was: How do kindergarteners conceptualize culture, gender, religion, or race through writing and drawing as they respond to an interactive read-aloud of "The Proudest Blue?" These results provide insight into how kindergarteners visually respond to interactive read-alouds when experiencing a book focused on cultural and religious diversity.
Children's Literature Assembly. e-mail: info@childrensliteratureassembly.org; Web site: https://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/journal.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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