Dimensions of Children's Literature
Therapeutic
Didactic
Pedagogic
The pedagogical dimension of children's literature highly contributes to teaching moral values, fostering personal growth, and promoting social cohesion while entertaining children.
Influences children through psychological mechanisms (involvment, imitation,identification)
Prevents risky behaviors
Ability to Heal the spectators
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improvement of pupils quality of life; accepting their own differences,
- art therapy in education is a holistic human development
fables and myths are used as motvating teaching tools in both humanistic and scientifc disciplines
used as language training and foreign language (grammar, vocabulary, writing, communcation, expression, annd negotiation)
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useful to cope with any problematic situations
Encouraging children to overcome fears and inner conflicts
Tales and stories reflect the cultural heritage of societies. They provide children with insights into their own cultural background as well as an understanding of diverse global cultures and reinforcing social norms and ethical values within family and community life.
improve student knowldge
fosters the individual emotional well being
grasp of daily life skills
Folktales and fairy tales, often serves as a medium for transmitting universal moral values, and stimulating the ethical and moral development.
recurring narrative passages in fairytales or fables can help the child to understand with some complicated concepts or patterns
overcome individual traumatic experiences.
Children's literature is educational tool provide entertainment lessons that promote children understanding and skills in various aspects of life.
Through narratives, children develop a sense of belonging, empathy, and social responsibility.
reading can also represent a form of prevention as the readers acquire a more flexible mind to recognize problems and eventually ask for help.
Literature fosters a sense of duty and social consciousness, encouraging children to contribute to their communities and understand their role within society.
Stories provide students opportunity to learn language, understand complex concepts, and develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
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The traditional act of reading or listening to stories remains essential for building deeper connections with educators and parents, promoting a more active and reflective learning process.
encourage children to use imagination and finding themselves inside the story
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Stories help children to expand their vocabulary, and provide them emotional support by reflecting real life challenges.
The implicit lessons in children's literature often communicate pedagogical messages that influence behavior, attitude, and emotional development and shape a child's global personality.
enriching children’s vocabulary and enhancing their communication skills
enhance story tellig timeline to students. Therefore, attachmenet to story character lead to intenalize the story message and apply it in their daily live.
Theatre reading or dramatization of children’s literature can be used at school to overcome the risk of short attention span of schoolchildren, and when dealing with difficult textbooks
Combining traditional storytelling with multimedia resources like audio, video, and role -playing can enhance engagement and learning.
Through shared reading experiences, stories reinforce bonds between children, parents, and educators.
Stories can be used to teach healthy behaviors and prevent risky ones.
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the potential of breaking down cultural barriers
prevent emotional and behavioural problems in immigrant and refugee students attending multi-ethnic schools
Stories help children distinguish between right and wrong by presenting examples of positive behaviors and consequences of negative actions.
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discussion and reflection on the story’s topics that overlap with the individual needs and have an evocative function that relies on projection and identification mechanisms.
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treatment of minor disorders, eating behaviours and some forms of addictions