Thank you, David. I haven't had much luck finding previous research that
studied children's perceptions of disability in literature- one, to be
exact:
Smith-D'Arezzo, W. M. (2003). Diversity in children's literature: Not just a
black and white issue. Children's Literature in Education, 34(1), 75-94.
I suppose that's incentive for me to pursue this study but doesn't make it
any easier! I'm hoping there are more studies "out there" just waiting to
be shared with me. I appreciate your well wishes! :)
Heather
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From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Heather Garrison" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: "The Disability-Research Discussion List"
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Research help! [Childen's Attitudes Toward Disability in
Literary Works]
>
>
> This is quite a tall order and hopefully somebody out there will know of
> more sources as these are borderline to off topic, but may neverless be of
> some help. You may need to look seperately at disablity in literary works
> and then look at the literature regarding children's, parent's and
> teacher's attitudes towards those with disabilities as children learn from
> teachers and parents and then do your own synthesis of the two groups of
> literatures to create some relationships between the two if possible.
>
> Here are some citations to consider.
>
>
>
> Young children's attitudes toward the disabled: a classroom intervention
> using children's literature
> Trepanier-Street, Mary L.;
> Romatowski, Jane A.
> Early Childhood Education Journal
> v. 24 Fall 1996 p. 45-49
>
>
> The portrayal of the cognitively disabled in children's literature.
> Wagoner, Shirley A.;
> Reading Teacher,
> v 37 no. 6 February 1984. p. 502-508
>
>
> Children's attitudes towards disability: A review and analysis of the
> literature. Wetstein-Kroft, Susan B.;
> Vargo, James W.
> International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling
> v. 7 no. 3 1984 p. 181-195
>
>
> Using literary texts in teacher education to promote positive attitudes
> toward children with disabilities
> Marlowe, Mike; Maycock, George.
> Teacher Education and Special Education v. 24 no. 2 Spring 2001 p.
> 75-83
>
>
> Best wishes for your success with this difficult topic.
>
> Some on this list may also find this Net-Gold post sequence regarding
> index lists for subject disciplines and topics in the Wikipedia to be
> useful for those doing websites and want to cover fields completely,
> hitting all of the subtopics or those doing research outlines.
>
>
> From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun May 7, 2006 9:17 am
> Subject: REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS: WIKIPEDIA : SUBJECT HEADINGS: LISTS :
> KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: TERMINOLOGY : INFORMATION SCIENCE: List the
> Wikipedia as Coming to Terms with Subject Fields and Subject Disciplines
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12698>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12700>
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12701>
>
>
> There are also two free databases aimed at teachers and librarians that
> may be helpful to some of the members of this discussion group.
>
>
> From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu May 11, 2006 9:47 pm
> Subject: DATABASES: EDUCATION AND ERIC: From EBSCOhost: Teacher Reference
> Center (TRC) - Journal Information for K-12 Teachers and Librarians
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12776>
>
>
> From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri May 12, 2006 7:53 am
> Subject: DATABASES: EDUCATION AND ERIC : HEALTH EDUCATION AND INFORMATION:
> Using the EBSCO Elementary Secondary Education Database for Adolescent and
> Adult Health Education Knowledge
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12786>
>
>
> Finally this reference tool and database on the internet may be useful to
> some of this group's members.
>
>
> From: "David P. Dillard" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed May 10, 2006 2:43 am
> Subject: REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS: SUBJECT : REFERENCE: TOOLS: MEDICAL
> HEALTH BIOSCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENT : MEDICAL: REFERENCE: Illustrated
> Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/12736>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> David Dillard
> Temple University
> (215) 204 - 4584
> [log in to unmask]
> Net-Gold
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold>
> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html>
> General Internet & Print Resources
> <http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/general.jsp>
> <http://www.learningis4everyone.org/>
> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html>
> Digital Divide Network
> <http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne>
> Educator-Gold
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/
>
> ========================================================
>
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006, Heather Garrison wrote:
>
>> Can anyone suggest studies that have researched children's perceptions
>> of characters with disability in literature? I'm beginning my
>> dissertation and plan to study how adolescents perceive disability in
>> the novel Of Mice and Men and consider implications for instructional
>> practices and the promulgation of social values. I'm excited to finally
>> reach this point in my academic career and greatly appreciate any help.
>> Feel free to respond on or off list, my email is [log in to unmask]
>
>> Thanks!
>
>> Heather
>
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