Triangulation &
Referencing Task Worksheet
Theme: Politics / Society /
Culture / History / Technology / Aesthetics
Focus:Culture
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Book reference
(author, year of publish) e.g. “Jones, 2015”
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Relevant key points
in summary (use bullet points)
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Additional notes
(e.g. for or against)
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Bettelheim,
B. (1989)
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Fairy tales give the message that a struggle against
severe difficulties in life is unavoidable and an intrinsic part of human
existence
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if you do not shy away from the unexpected and perhaps
unjust challenge, you will emerge victorious
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modern stories written for young children mainly avoid
existential problems
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I
agree that fairy tales could prepare a child with an awareness that life will
not always be easy and that the idea that facing your problem rather than
hiding from it is something that should be reinforced in a child's mind. I am
more against the idea that modern stories avoid life's problems, as I think
it is untrue in a lot of examples of modern children's literature.
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Marilyn
Fleer & Marie Hammer (2013)
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Fairy Tales are an emotionally imaginative situation
for helping children to become aware of their emotions and feeling state when
engaged in the storytelling and reenactment of fairytales, potentially
leading to the development of children’s self-regulation of emotions
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Children make emotional corrections in emotionally
imaginative situations. As the imaginary situations become more complex, more
cognitive emotionality is needed reflecting the child’s own self and social
awareness.
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I
agree that fairytales allow children to develop their own critical thinking
and problem solving skills and should not be removed from school curriculum.
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P.
Tsitsani, S. Psyllidou, S. P. Batzios, S. Livas, M. Ouranos and D. Cassimos,
(2010)
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storytelling provides not only entertainment, but also
a creative way to help children form a clear picture of themselves in order
to be able to understand others and develop meaningful relationships with
them
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All parents agreed on the positive effect of fairy
tales and quoted several behavioural patterns that their children exhibit in
order to share their enthusiasm
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fairy tales represent a literary genre concerned with
finding solutions and developing the ‘self’
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the punishment of evil characters is well tolerated and
does not seem to have a pathological effect upon children
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Fundamental universal values and
principles, such as courage, bravery, honesty and sincerity, can find,
through storytelling, a safe conduct to children’s souls, thus influencing
their future behaviour and their way of life.
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The
findings of this study on how parents believe fairytales affect their
children are extremely positive and provide a lot of evidence supporting
Bettelheim’s quote.
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E.
Pretorius , H. Naudé & U. Pretorius (2005)
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Reading of fairytales only once to a child without
repeating and discussing they does not necessarily improve the memory of a
child; while facts repeated or ‘replayed’ enhance ‘memory’, and ‘memory
practicing’ and environmental enrichment should form an integral part of a
child’s education.
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parents and educators should place more emphasis on
memory ‘training’ activities followed by reinforcement of facts, than perhaps
lengthy and sometimes taxing reading activities
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I
am inclined to disagree with this study, I think the way they have compared
the learning a child would gain from the reading of fairy tales and the
learning they would gain from memory exercises would both be helpful but
teach the child completely different skills.
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