Becoming Characters: Deepening Young Children's Literary Understanding through Drama

Autor/in	Adomat, Donna Sayers
Titel	Becoming Characters: Deepening Young Children's Literary Understanding through Drama
Quelle	In: Journal of Children's Literature, 38 (2012) 1, S.44-51 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-7779
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Age; Young Children; Drama; Literacy Education; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Problem Solving; Student Attitudes; Elementary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Alter; Lebensalter; Frühe Kindheit; Schauspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Problemlösen; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Learning through drama and other art forms enriches children's learning by expanding the possibilities for how children create and express meaning (Adomat, 2009; Berghoff, Egawa, & Harste, 2000). The arts are rarely suggested as a way of opening up broader understandings for young readers; yet drama has been shown to be beneficial in myriad ways for developing literacy (Galda, 2005; Galda & West, 1995; Wagner, 1998). By becoming characters in stories through drama, young children are able to immerse themselves in the story world and develop literary understanding that might stretch beyond what is expected for that age group (Adomat, 2009). This study examines how young readers develop understandings of characters through drama. (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