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Justifications for teaching literature: A survey study among teachers of Norwegian L1

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العنوان: Justifications for teaching literature: A survey study among teachers of Norwegian L1
المؤلفون: Myren-Svelstad, Per Esben, Grüters, Anna Ruth
المصدر: 1-26 ; 22 ; L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature ; 1
بيانات النشر: International Association for Research (ARLE) in L1-Education, University of Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: NTNU Open Archive (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet / Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
الوصف: The role and importance of imaginative literature in L1 education is a topic of continuous debate. In Norway, working with imaginative literature in several genres, and from various linguistic origins, is only one of several components in the L1 subject. In this article, we present the results of a survey aiming to investigate what literature can and should do in school, according to teachers. Using a qualitative hermeneutic content analysis, we analyze and categorize the survey results. We are guided by an affirmative approach to teachers’ competences, discussing the extent to which respondents demonstrate subject matter content knowledge. Our analysis enables us to isolate eight categories of justification, many of which show significant overlap with central tenets in literary theory, the curriculum, and L1 scholarship. However, we also find indications that critical literacy is undervalued. Furthermore, the Norwegian curriculum arguably motivates an instrumental use of literature as a way of developing general literacy or adding perspectives to topics addressed in other subjects. We propose visualizing the justifications teachers express in a model taking into account two dimensions: 1) whether they imply a primary focus on the text, the reader, or the context including the author; and 2) whether their goal is benefitting the student (e.g., in terms of skills) or promoting societal change. This model is intended to provide a flexible typology which literary educators at any level can use in order to critically assess their practice. ; publishedVersion
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1567-6617
Relation: L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature. 2022, 22 (1), 1-26.; urn:issn:1567-6617; https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3067973; https://doi.org/10.21248/l1esll.2022.22.1.494; cristin:2095420
DOI: 10.21248/l1esll.2022.22.1.494
الاتاحة: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3067973
https://doi.org/10.21248/l1esll.2022.22.1.494
Rights: Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.46D1DBAF
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
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تدمد:15676617
DOI:10.21248/l1esll.2022.22.1.494