Importance of Diversity in Children’s Literature
On the first day of school, when your students come into your classroom each student comes in with different backgrounds, learning styles, and perspectives. Being an educator, you have to accommodate each students aspect, values and beliefs. Although we have various genres when children read books they are looking for something they can understand, relate to, and or escape in. If children wants a more positive outlook on life they can use a the books to escape from their reality. If children love their life the can read something that they can relate to. If child can relate and understand a story it can help with reading strategies, reading comprehension, recognizing story structures, metacognition, and answering questions. That is why diversity is important in children’s literature. …show more content…
First here are the definitions of culture, diversity, and cultural diversity. According to dictionary.com “Culture is the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, and scholarly pursuits. As well as the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. Diverse is a different kind, form, and character.”(2015) Cultural Diversity is the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society. Cultural diversity is very important in this day in age. We have students that come from various backgrounds, cultures, and
On the first day of school, when your students come into your classroom each student comes in with different backgrounds, learning styles, and perspectives. Being an educator, you have to accommodate each students aspect, values and beliefs. Although we have various genres when children read books they are looking for something they can understand, relate to, and or escape in. If children wants a more positive outlook on life they can use a the books to escape from their reality. If children love their life the can read something that they can relate to. If child can relate and understand a story it can help with reading strategies, reading comprehension, recognizing story structures, metacognition, and answering questions. That is why diversity is important in children’s literature. …show more content…
First here are the definitions of culture, diversity, and cultural diversity. According to dictionary.com “Culture is the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, and scholarly pursuits. As well as the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group. Diverse is a different kind, form, and character.”(2015) Cultural Diversity is the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society. Cultural diversity is very important in this day in age. We have students that come from various backgrounds, cultures, and