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Alison Baker deposited “Every child should be able to relate to their literature”: trainee teachers investigating cultural diversity in picture books. in the group
Education and Pedagogy on Humanities Commons 8 years agoOriginally published in Write 4 Children Vol IV issue II 81-8, no longer available online.
University of East London is based in London Borough of Newham, one of the most diverse boroughs in Britain, with one of the highest levels of child poverty (ONS 2012, Campaign to End Child Poverty 2012). Trainee teachers on the Primary with English route…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited “Every child should be able to relate to their literature”: trainee teachers investigating cultural diversity in picture books. on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
Originally published in Write 4 Children Vol IV issue II 81-8, no longer available online.
University of East London is based in London Borough of Newham, one of the most diverse boroughs in Britain, with one of the highest levels of child poverty (ONS 2012, Campaign to End Child Poverty 2012). Trainee teachers on the Primary with English route…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Anarchy for the UK in the group
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoDe Larrabeiti’s Borribles children’s/young adult fantasy trilogy was written and published between 1976 and 1986, a period of huge political, social and economic change in the UK. Set in London, it tells the story of Borribles, a group of children who have had a ‘bad start’ in life and become Borrible; ‘wild’ children with pointed ears who can nev…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Daemons and Pets as signifiers of social class in the group
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper seeks to examine whether daemons (which take the shape of animals) and familiar animals indicate the social class of characters in Harry Potter and His Dark Materials. Both series of books for young people were started at a time when neo-liberal politics were at the forefront of government, both in the late years of John Major’s C…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Daemons and Pets as signifiers of social class in the group
Sociology on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper seeks to examine whether daemons (which take the shape of animals) and familiar animals indicate the social class of characters in Harry Potter and His Dark Materials. Both series of books for young people were started at a time when neo-liberal politics were at the forefront of government, both in the late years of John Major’s C…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Protocols for the education of young witches and wizards in the group
Speculative and Science Fiction on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper discusses approaches to pedagogy outlined in three series of books for children and young adults. By the end of the presentation, I hope to have outlined what the education systems in these novels says about the culture and society presented in these books. The books are: JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Jonathan Stroud’s Bar…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Protocols for the education of young witches and wizards in the group
Pedagogy and Textual Scholarship on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoThis paper discusses approaches to pedagogy outlined in three series of books for children and young adults. By the end of the presentation, I hope to have outlined what the education systems in these novels says about the culture and society presented in these books. The books are: JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Jonathan Stroud’s Bar…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Daemons and Pets as signifiers of social class on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
This paper seeks to examine whether daemons (which take the shape of animals) and familiar animals indicate the social class of characters in Harry Potter and His Dark Materials. Both series of books for young people were started at a time when neo-liberal politics were at the forefront of government, both in the late years of John Major’s C…[Read more]
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De Larrabeiti’s Borribles children’s/young adult fantasy trilogy was written and published between 1976 and 1986, a period of huge political, social and economic change in the UK. Set in London, it tells the story of Borribles, a group of children who have had a ‘bad start’ in life and become Borrible; ‘wild’ children with pointed ears who can nev…[Read more]
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Alison Baker deposited Protocols for the education of young witches and wizards on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
This paper discusses approaches to pedagogy outlined in three series of books for children and young adults. By the end of the presentation, I hope to have outlined what the education systems in these novels says about the culture and society presented in these books. The books are: JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Jonathan Stroud’s Bar…[Read more]
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Alison Baker's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
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