Do Children Perceive Social Class in Children’s Fantasy Texts? Initial Findings From Research in a Year 6 Classroom

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Baker, A. 2020. Do Children Perceive Social Class in Children’s Fantasy Texts? Initial Findings From Research in a Year 6 Classroom. Research in Teacher Education. 10 (1), pp. 23-28. https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.88z92
AuthorsBaker, A.
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This article is an account of fieldwork carried out in a school in East Sussex, in the south of England, with a group of 10- and 11-year-old children, to discover whether they perceive social class in a selection of children’s fantasy fiction texts. The methodology will be described, and there will be a discussion of the initial findings. I am grateful to University of East London’s School of Arts and Digital Industries for the funding that enabled me to buy the books used in this research.

JournalResearch in Teacher Education
Journal citation10 (1), pp. 23-28
ISSN2046-1240
2047-3818
Year2020
PublisherThe School of Education and Communities, University of East London
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