Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and Teenagers

For understanding some basis concepts of intercultural education, teachers and educators can use with good results the picturebooks on intercultural themes. They allow shared reading of the stories and vision and commentary of the images. The picturebooks with intercultural contents are a novelty in...

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Main Author: Mariangela Giusti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/1/9/888
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spelling doaj-f01e35d7d9f146d99e965a32e0bbacbe2020-11-24T23:03:48ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002017-11-011988810.3390/proceedings1090888proceedings1090888Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and TeenagersMariangela Giusti0Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milan Bicocca, 20126 Milan, ItalyFor understanding some basis concepts of intercultural education, teachers and educators can use with good results the picturebooks on intercultural themes. They allow shared reading of the stories and vision and commentary of the images. The picturebooks with intercultural contents are a novelty in the last years in publishing; so they are an innovative possibility for intercultural education. In this paper some picturebooks will be examined in order to introduce themes of intercultural education in secondary and primary schools. Reading texts and the images suitable for students of different ages can initiate educational dialogues and inner reflections in the students.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/1/9/888picturebooksintercultural educationvisual narrationliterature for childrenintercultural learning (Topic 2. Image and imagination in education. Educating and telling)
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title Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and Teenagers
title_short Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and Teenagers
title_full Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and Teenagers
title_fullStr Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and Teenagers
title_full_unstemmed Intercultural Education against Building Walls. Educational Possibilities from Picturebooks for Children and Teenagers
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publishDate 2017-11-01
description For understanding some basis concepts of intercultural education, teachers and educators can use with good results the picturebooks on intercultural themes. They allow shared reading of the stories and vision and commentary of the images. The picturebooks with intercultural contents are a novelty in the last years in publishing; so they are an innovative possibility for intercultural education. In this paper some picturebooks will be examined in order to introduce themes of intercultural education in secondary and primary schools. Reading texts and the images suitable for students of different ages can initiate educational dialogues and inner reflections in the students.
topic picturebooks
intercultural education
visual narration
literature for children
intercultural learning (Topic 2. Image and imagination in education. Educating and telling)
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