Function and use of Literary Texts in Nordic Schools
Function and use of literary texts in Nordic schools. Contribution to a special issue Working with Literature in Nordic Secondary Education edited by A.F. Gourvcennec. H. Höglund, M. Johansson, K. Kabel, & M. Sønneland. In this comparative study, naturally occurring literature instruction in Nor...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/91644 2023-05-15T16:50:36+02:00 Function and use of Literary Texts in Nordic Schools Nissen, Anna Tengberg, Michael Svanbjörnsdóttir, Birna María Gabrielsen, Ida Lodding Blikstad-Balas, Marte Klette, Kirsti 2022-01-19T13:06:17Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91644 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94231 https://doi.org/10.17239/L1ESLL-2021.21.02.10 EN eng International Association for Research (ARLE) in L1-Education, University of Amsterdam, Kluwer Academic Publishers NORDFORSK/87663 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94231 Nissen, Anna Tengberg, Michael Svanbjörnsdóttir, Birna María Gabrielsen, Ida Lodding Blikstad-Balas, Marte Klette, Kirsti . Function and use of Literary Texts in Nordic Schools. L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature. 2021, 21, 1-22 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/91644 1984723 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature&rft.volume=21&rft.spage=1&rft.date=2021 L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature 21, Running Issue Running issue 1 22 https://doi.org/10.17239/L1ESLL-2021.21.02.10 URN:NBN:no-94231 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/91644/1/Nissen_et_al_2021_Function%2Band%2Buse%2Bof%2Bliterary%2Btexts%2Bin%2BNordic%2Bschools-20211217T134620.pdf Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 1567-6617 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2022 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.17239/L1ESLL-2021.21.02.10 2022-03-02T23:33:45Z Function and use of literary texts in Nordic schools. Contribution to a special issue Working with Literature in Nordic Secondary Education edited by A.F. Gourvcennec. H. Höglund, M. Johansson, K. Kabel, & M. Sønneland. In this comparative study, naturally occurring literature instruction in Nordic lower secondary school is investigated in order to find out how lessons are organized, to what extent different genres are read and worked upon, and for what subject-specific functions and purposes literary texts are used. Implications for text selection by teachers are discussed. The study relies on four consecutive video-recorded language arts lessons from 102 classrooms in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The function and use of literary texts were investigated by means of video-analysis and statistical comparisons. The analysis clearly indicates that literature plays an important part in Nordic language arts education. In all four countries, narrative fiction texts were favored above other genres. When the aim was to give students joint reading experiences, short stories and excerpts from novels were normally used. Reading literature for the sake of developing comprehension appears to be a dominant function of using literary texts in Nordic lower secondary arts classrooms. The present study also suggests that it is important for Nordic teachers to provide their students with positive reading experiences. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Norway L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature 21, Running Issu Running issue 1 22 |
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Function and use of literary texts in Nordic schools. Contribution to a special issue Working with Literature in Nordic Secondary Education edited by A.F. Gourvcennec. H. Höglund, M. Johansson, K. Kabel, & M. Sønneland. In this comparative study, naturally occurring literature instruction in Nordic lower secondary school is investigated in order to find out how lessons are organized, to what extent different genres are read and worked upon, and for what subject-specific functions and purposes literary texts are used. Implications for text selection by teachers are discussed. The study relies on four consecutive video-recorded language arts lessons from 102 classrooms in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The function and use of literary texts were investigated by means of video-analysis and statistical comparisons. The analysis clearly indicates that literature plays an important part in Nordic language arts education. In all four countries, narrative fiction texts were favored above other genres. When the aim was to give students joint reading experiences, short stories and excerpts from novels were normally used. Reading literature for the sake of developing comprehension appears to be a dominant function of using literary texts in Nordic lower secondary arts classrooms. The present study also suggests that it is important for Nordic teachers to provide their students with positive reading experiences. |
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