CHL2601 ASSESSMENT 2 FORUM DISCUSSION
Before you draft your response for this assessment, click on the links below to
get the context necessary to help you prepare for this assessment.
Roald Dahl: The fierce debate over rewriting children's classics - BBC Culture
Is it time to rewrite fairy tales? - BBC Culture
In this module you are, amongst other things, going to learn how to select books
and stories that are appropriate for young children (birth to age nine). You will
become familiar with the theories of Vygotsky, Erikson, Piaget, to name but a few,
and whose work informs teachers on what children in specific phases of their lives
need to thrive. If we are to reflect on appropriate literature for young children, our
culture, our own view of the world and our belief systems may influence our
choice of books and stories.
Recently there has been a discourse on the censorship of children’s literature.
Assessment 2 is therefore prompting you to reflect on the good and the bad of
censorship of children’s literature.
The Assessment 2 question:
Based on the articles that you have read, reflect on, and provide your own view
of the matter. Consider the questions below, and then carefully draft your
answer.
What is your view on the censorship of children’s literature? In your reflection,
consider the following:
Why would censorship of children’s literacy be necessary?
When censorship of children’s literature does becomes an extreme and undesired
form of control?
Is the role of books and stories not to challenge and to educate?
Is censorship the only way of dealing with gender and ethnic stereotypes or other
sensitivities in children’s literature?
You can either type/copy your response into the textbox of the discussion forum,
or you can save your file and upload as a Word or a PDF document.
Ensure that you upload your assessment in the correct forum discussion. It you
have not uploaded your response in the CHL2601 Assessment 2 forum
discussion shell, but in a different discussion forum, it will not be graded.
All the best.
Before you draft your response for this assessment, click on the links below to
get the context necessary to help you prepare for this assessment.
Roald Dahl: The fierce debate over rewriting children's classics - BBC Culture
Is it time to rewrite fairy tales? - BBC Culture
In this module you are, amongst other things, going to learn how to select books
and stories that are appropriate for young children (birth to age nine). You will
become familiar with the theories of Vygotsky, Erikson, Piaget, to name but a few,
and whose work informs teachers on what children in specific phases of their lives
need to thrive. If we are to reflect on appropriate literature for young children, our
culture, our own view of the world and our belief systems may influence our
choice of books and stories.
Recently there has been a discourse on the censorship of children’s literature.
Assessment 2 is therefore prompting you to reflect on the good and the bad of
censorship of children’s literature.
The Assessment 2 question:
Based on the articles that you have read, reflect on, and provide your own view
of the matter. Consider the questions below, and then carefully draft your
answer.
What is your view on the censorship of children’s literature? In your reflection,
consider the following:
Why would censorship of children’s literacy be necessary?
When censorship of children’s literature does becomes an extreme and undesired
form of control?
Is the role of books and stories not to challenge and to educate?
Is censorship the only way of dealing with gender and ethnic stereotypes or other
sensitivities in children’s literature?
You can either type/copy your response into the textbox of the discussion forum,
or you can save your file and upload as a Word or a PDF document.
Ensure that you upload your assessment in the correct forum discussion. It you
have not uploaded your response in the CHL2601 Assessment 2 forum
discussion shell, but in a different discussion forum, it will not be graded.
All the best.
