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Children’s Responses to Global Literature Read Alouds in Second Grade Classroom

Rietschlin, Angela Carol
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336438346

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
The purpose of this three month long case study was to explore five children’s responses to global children’s literature in one second grade classroom. Qualitative methods including participant observation, audio recording, research journaling, informal interviewing and artifact collection were used to answer the following questions: (1) In one second grade classroom, how does a focus group of children respond to global children’s literature shared in picturebook read alouds? (2) What evidence of global learning do children offer? I wanted to see how these responses might affirm the call for using global children’s literature as an instructional tool, specifically to introduce children to cultures they might not otherwise come into contact with. Also, as an instructional tool, how might these children’s responses and evidence of global learning shed light on using global children’s literature to meet curricular learning objectives? Over the course of the study I found that children used response styles similar to those response styles described in research about children’s responses to culturally generic books. In their responses, the children in this study expressed global understandings, misunderstandings, showed evidence of global learning, and responded with empathy toward the global characters. Within the children’s responses there was also evidence of learning that met curricular goals in social studies and language arts.
Linda Parsons (Committee Chair)
Jeane Copenhaver-Johnson (Committee Member)
Barbara Lehman (Committee Member)
Evelyn Freeman (Committee Member)
201 p.
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global children&8217; s literature; elementary students; reader response

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  • Rietschlin, A. C. (2012). Children’s Responses to Global Literature Read Alouds in Second Grade Classroom [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336438346

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rietschlin, Angela. Children’s Responses to Global Literature Read Alouds in Second Grade Classroom. 2012. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336438346.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rietschlin, Angela. "Children’s Responses to Global Literature Read Alouds in Second Grade Classroom." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336438346

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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