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Lanting Wu; Phiphat Sornyai; Watchara Homhuan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Tuojiang Haozi, a traditional Chinese folk song from the Tuojiang River Basin in Sichuan Province, China, holds significant cultural value as it originates from the labor chants of boatmen navigating the Tuojiang River. This study explores the literacy preservation and transmission of Tuojiang Haozi amidst rapid modernization and changing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Singing, Cultural Maintenance
Hongyu Chen; Peerapong Sensai – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Chinese Yao Nationality Folk Songs are a distinctive cultural treasure thriving within the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, intimately intertwined with the lives and traditions of the Yao people. The objective of this study is to investigate the role of education and literacy in the development and transmission of Chinese Yao Nationality folk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Singing, Cultural Maintenance
Qimei, Zhuoga – Children's Literature in Education, 2022
Gesar ("ge sar") is a warrior-like king in the realm of Ling ("gling") and the protagonist of a voluminous folkloric poem that many Tibetan bards have performed for centuries. With Gesar's increasing fame in modern times, the orature has become a quintessential representation of Tibetan culture. This paper compares two…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, Folk Culture, Cultural Influences
Antonius Setyawan Sugeng Nur Agung; Maman Suryaman; Suminto A. Sayuti – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
Oral folklore tradition is a unique phenomenon in West Borneo. This study aims to gain the lecturer's perspectives and reflection toward its implementation as a project-based activity for encouraging university students to transform local folklore into texts in English. It combines Finnegan's instructional procedure, and Gordon's synectic model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Indigenous Knowledge, Oral Tradition
Xin You; Natthapong Prathumchan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Wuyue ceremonial Chinese folk songs, historically performed during sacrificial ceremonies, represent a significant part of China's intangible cultural heritage. These songs are deeply rooted in ancient Chinese religious practices and are important for preserving cultural identity. This study investigates the literacy transmission practices that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Singing, Oral Tradition
Vukosi Linah Maluleke; Cornelia Smith; Makgatho – Journal of English Teaching, 2023
Folktales stem from the oral tradition passed down over generations by the people who recounted them. These tales form part of the prescribed syllabus, CAPS, in South Africa specifically for Grade 9 English First Additional (EFAL) learners. The study explored the perceptions of folktales by 9 learners and 9 teachers. It was a qualitative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Culture, Oral Tradition, Indigenous Knowledge
Tingting Li; Khomkrich Karin – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
The Poya Songbook, an integral part of Zhuang traditional culture, embodies rich music and folklore passed down through generations. This study aims to examine the historical development and literacy transmission of the Poya Songbook for education and literacy studies in Funing County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Drawing upon a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Singing, Books, Asian Culture
Arukask, Madis – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
This article focuses on the concept of "letter" in oral folklore. The main research material is examples from the older folk songs of Seto, where a letter, a book and other items referring to literacy are mentioned. Texts under consideration are poetical and the meaning conveyed in them is not always very clear. The term…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Folk Culture, Mythology, Singing
Kaya, Mustafa; Erol, Sedat – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
Max Lüthi deployed five basic principles that reflect the characteristic features of tales to analyze European tales with a text-centered approach. These basic principles have been accepted as a universal form for tales that can exist, change and transfer from narrator to narrator and from nation to nation. In this context, this research aimed to…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Turkish, Textbooks, Teaching Methods
Sándor, Ildikó – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2019
Introduction: This study reviews the most commonly used Hungarian terminology of pedagogical folklorism terms, their interpretations and the conceptual debates around them, as well as the possible imprecisions related to them. With the help of Hungarian and international examples, it places the technical terms of the ethnography-folk…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Ethnology, Folk Culture
Sintonen, Sara – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2020
In this article, I have sought to develop an understanding of the contribution of imaginative and nature appreciation in early childhood environmental education dealing with old, cultural nature myths and beliefs. The argument rests on the belief that the basis of a child-environmental education is in imagination which resonates with play,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Environmental Education, Imagination, Natural Resources
Çelik, Tugba – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Folk tales composed of poetry and prose, have succeeded to come until today by various narrators. These stories which especially contain heroism and love stories carry the accumulation of the Turkish society such as belief, experience, art and law. Many societies, including European countries are concerned about the growth of generations that are…
Descriptors: Turkish, Folk Culture, Oral Tradition, Qualitative Research
Setiartin, R. Titin; Casim – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
Oral traditions in Tasikmalaya Regency are classified into types of fairy tales, legends, and myths. The three types of oral traditions are spread in 39 sub-districts in Tasikmalaya Regency. Not all of the oral traditions in Tasikmalaya Regency are well documented, this is due to the lack of oral tradition researchers in Tasikmalaya Regency. This…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Moral Development, Religion, Ethnography
Kafadar, Tugba – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
The present study aimed to determine the cultural heritage elements in the social studies course curriculum in Turkey and the awareness of the middle school students about cultural heritage. In the study, the case study approach, a qualitative research design, was adopted. The study group was assigned with criterion sampling method, a purposive…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Heritage Education, Historic Sites, Social Studies
Rahman, Fathu; Letlora, Prihe Slamatin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Language and culture are two aspects which interchange each other where the language is a medium to get information about the culture. As the product of language and culture, oral tradition plays a vital role in Maluku not only as the most powerful and sacred chant that regulate the life of people but also as the folk song that contains history,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Maintenance, Oral Tradition, Language Usage