The speaker of this video discusses how society nowadays has a wrong perception of how indigenous people show look like. The stereotype that white people have about indigenous and how wrong indigenous are presented in literature. Even children suffer from this stereotype and this affects the development of the children identity. This video tries to make conscious of how the world needs to change and eliminate stereotypes in specific from literature. Writers need to be more careful about what the expose in their literature.
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Extra Credit: Disability and Accessible Technology
The speaker of the video discusses the concept of accessible technology. She discusses how accessible technology help improve the life of disable people. One of the examples she provides to show how accessible technology works is Stephen Hawing and he used a machine for communication and mobility. How the world is developing and now exists more accessible technology for them. This video argues the importance of expanding of concept of accessible technology because all of us should have the same opportunities. I consider that this is true because if I can have the opportunity of doing what I want in life, why shouldn’t every human being have also those opportunities.
Chapter 6: Manners and Morals
The author argues that after 1819 the Grimm Brothers started editing their tales, making them more directed toward children by teaching manners and morals to them. He states that their intentions were to “write for children rather to collect for scholars”. He argues that this editing caused a movement which caused other writers to focus on the didactic tradition. Its purpose is to retain its motifs while providing a new, more appropriate perspective on the fairytales.
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Chapter 5: The Power of Wonder
This article discusses the unrealistic part of fairy tales, which are created with the purpose of provoking wonder. Wonder is defined as “the emotion excited by the perception of something novel and unexpected, or inexplicable; astonishment mingled with perplexity or bewildered curiosity”, according to the Oxford Universal Dictionary. The purpose behind this is to evoke the good side of life, and the pleasant pleasures of life. They keep alive our hope of transforming our lives in positive ways, so we can improve such as the characters in the fairy tales.
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Chapter 4: The Truth of the Brothers
This article discusses Jack Zipes commentary on different stories by the Grimm Brothers and how Taylor adapted their stories, so they could be read by children. In his introduction, he explains how this adaptations “reflects the popular receptions of the Grimm’s’ tales as children’s literature”.(Zipes qtd. in Janecheck). Zipes investigates popular German stories and folktales to find the source of inspiration for the Grimm Brothers. The purpose of this is to break down their stories and find the root to their success and appeal to the public. How throughout editing and publishing, the stories and tales were adapted to what children nowadays know and love.
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Chapter 3: Good vs Evil
The author argues that under normal circumstances, the epitome of a fairytale consists of the moral behind the story. This moral pertaining to the classic case of “good vs evil” and how one who chooses good will end up victorious. Authors and storytellers rely on this “hero effect” where the child creates this bond towards the hero, an admiration, and sees the positive outcome of the hero’s hard work. They are taught to choose sides, good or bad, right or wrong, but never both. The issue arises, once one begins to see it from an adult’s point of view. In real life, one’s choices will not be as easy as choosing right or wrong, there will be times when difficult situations will appear that will both, or none at all, but you will be obliged to choose anyways.
Chapter 2: Once Upon a Gifted Children
This blog is inspired by a study of gifted children who were participants of a pedagogical and psychological support program. The study was held in southern Russia in 2016 and consisted of various stages. The different activities these children took part in included analyzing fairytales, learning drama techniques, and a variety of games specialized on certain skills. This way, researchers are hoping to “…detect, comprehend and explain giftedness as well as to find ways for its efficient development” (Kulikovskaya 53).
Kulilovskaya and Andrienko intend to reach not only the system of education in Russia, but also the parents of children around the world hoping to increase children’s cognitive abilities, among others. Its sole purpose is to change the world’s view on gifted children and attend to their needs since the very beginning of their education.
Chapter 1: Once Upon a Fairy Tale
Laura Bryan’s article “Once Upon a Time: A Grimm Approach to Character Education” expresses a concern about the absence of characters with moral values with whom the children in the 21st century can identify. She describes the brothers Grimm fairy tales as more than just stories created with the purpose of entertain an audience but more about the moral laws. The ability they had of creating characters which whom children can identify and at the same time be able to imitate or follow their values. The main purpose of the brothers Grimm fairy tales was to teach children how to differentiate between good and evil, and that if you choose the way of evilness you cannot expect a good outcome. But if instead you choose the path of goodness at the end you will be compensated.
Link to article: https://search.proquest.com/docview/211147933/fulltextPDF/C38C2D9058D4356PQ/1?accountid=13360
Intro to my blog
Welcome to my blog everyone,
I am Hannah and I’m from Puerto Rico. First I would like to tell you a little about myself, I am a freshman in Neurobiology and Physiology at Purdue. I am passionate about studying diseases like Alzheimer and Cancer.
These blog posts will help shape the theme behind the moral of children’s stories. I hope you all enjoy my blog!
Once Upon a Blog 