Shortening the Path Between Theory and Practice

Autor/in	Mathis, Janelle
Titel	Shortening the Path Between Theory and Practice
Quelle	In: Journal of Children's Literature, 32 (2006) 1, S.80-83 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-7779
Schlagwörter	Rezension; Aesthetics; Childrens Literature; College Students; Elementary School Students; Critical Thinking; Comprehension; Fantasy; Independent Reading; Middle School Students; Reader Text Relationship; Reading Materials; Teaching Methods; Reading Strategies; Theory Practice Relationship; Thinking Skills; Literacy; Reader Response + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ästhetik; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Collegestudent; Kritisches Denken; Verstehen; Verständnis; Fantasie; Freies Lesen; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Denkfähigkeit; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Leserbrief
Abstract	The three books reviewed in this article represent the continuous effort to make visible the significant bridge between theory and practice in the fields of literacy and children's literature. While the authors maintain distinct purposes for their creations, the texts each speak to a strong theoretical support for the practices they describe. The purpose of "Aesthetic Approaches to Children's Literature" by Maria Nikolajeva is to demonstrate ways to read and discuss children's books with useful tools from literary theory. In "Powerful Magic: Learning from Children's Responses to Fantasy Literature," Nina Mikkelsen draws from significant literary theorists to describe readers' ways of approaching and engaging with texts that point to fantasy as a critical genre for young readers to explore naturally, from a child's perspective. Joy Moss, in "Literature, Literacy, and Comprehension Strategies in the Elementary School," provides insightful examples of literary discussions in which theoretical concepts about learning and thinking are used through strategies that invite readers to think extensively, intensively, and across multiple texts and experiences. Each resource reviewed in this article works to not only bridge the theory-to-practice gap, but to create a structure that upholds the work of scholars at both ends of the bridge as well as on the many journeys across. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Children's Literature Assembly. 940 Vandalia Road, Morgantown, WV 26501. Tel: 304-291-2393; Fax: 304-291-2393; e-mail: jcl@wvnet.edu; Web site: http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10