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TEACHING ENGLISH WITH PICTURE BOOKS: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IN ENGLISH EDUCATION IN JAPAN

open access: yesInternational Journal of Education, 2017
The council for revitalization of education has submitted a proposal to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for educational reforms to make English language courses compulsory in the fifth and sixth grades.
Arisa Kochiyama
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

One or more? Big or small? Number and size of animate characters in picture books from Japan and the U.S.

open access: yesPsychology of Language and Communication
We examined the number and size of animate characters illustrated in picture books targeting preschoolers from the U.S. and Japan. Our hypotheses were based on cross-cultural differences found in previous studies of visual attention and visual products ...
Kuwabara Megumi, Perez Bonnie
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children's Picture Books about Refugees and Campbell's Monomyth

open access: yes
This book explores the portrayal of refugee experiences in children’s picture books using insights from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Baguley, Margaret   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The role of picture books in developing an empathic response towards cultural difference [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study explores the potential of picture books to elicit empathic responses to the issues of cultural difference. It integrates the theory of narrative empathy, empathic unsettlement and schema and scripts to construct the analytical framework for a ...
Mudiyanselage, Kumarasinghe
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Flickan ritar sig fri

open access: yesTidskrift för Litteraturvetenskap, 2009
The Girl Draws Her Way to Freedom. The Naïve Perspective of the Child in the Postmodern Picture book. This article considers ideological aspects of postmodern Swedish picture books, with particular emphasis on the ways in which picture books ...
Mia Österlund
doaj   +1 more source

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Chapter 8 A Semiotic and Multimodal Analysis of Interactive Relations in Picture Books That Challenge Female Gender Stereotypes

open access: yes, 2022
A Semiotic and Multimodal Analysis of Interactive Relations in Picture Books that Challenge Female Gender ...
Santamaría- García, Carmen
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