CHL2601 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

CHL2601 Assignment 2 (DETAILED ANSWERS) 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references..... 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 does censorship of children’s literature 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?