- Title
- Historic fiction & citizenship building: whose values are we teaching now?
- Creator
- Reynolds, Ruth
- Relation
- International Journal of Learning Vol. 13, Issue 8, p. 123-128
- Relation
- http://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.1136
- Publisher
- Common Ground
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- Children's literature has always been seen as a primary conveyor of moral lessons and as a means of introducing children to the mores of society - a civilising influence. Historic fiction carries a double burden - it communicates values from the present time, framing the stories of the past in contemporary lenses, while it usually provides a citizenship perspective - a view of how present day institutions developed from the past, selectively choosing some experiences while ignoring others. While carrying all this baggage, historic fiction must also be entertaining, a good read, be 'authentic' to the period involved and provide a role model of good writing. This paper uses some recent children's historic fiction to illustrate the texts' implicit moral values as well as the citizenship values within.
- Subject
- historic fiction; values in education; children's literature
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/34741
- Identifier
- uon:3675
- Identifier
- ISSN:1447-9494
- Language
- eng
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