CHL2601 ASSESSMENT 2 FORUM DISCUSSION
Date 11 march 2024
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?
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.
Date 11 march 2024
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?
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.
