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- Title
Preschool, School Bag and Church: Complexities of Samoan Picture Books.
- Authors
Tesar, Marek
- Abstract
Picture books are powerful instruments that shape childhoods. The complexities of children's literature are argued through the example of a private centre, SEEDS, in Aotearoa/New Zealand, which produces and distributes picture books to domestic and international centres and children. It is argued, that while these picture books are concerned with teaching bilingual words through colorful pictures, other notions also need to be considered, including: what words are being offered and which are excluded, and which cultural stereotypes are being cemented. This paper does not consider these picture books as either good nor bad, but as an essential cog in the hegemonic early childhood education system where each group, culture and ideology strive to produce desired childhoods.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; PICTURE books for children; PRESCHOOLS; SCHOOLBAGS; EARLY childhood education; EDUCATIONAL planning; EDUCATION; EDUCATION policy
- Publication
Pacific-Asian Education Journal, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 2, p35
- ISSN
1019-8725
- Publication type
Article