"We Need People to be Woken Up and See This!" Teens Learning Through Critical Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2289760 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Evans (0000-0002-6978-702X, University of North Texas, corresponding author), Sarah A Evans |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-39 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Anthropological Practice (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2153-957X • E-ISSN: 2153-9588 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/napa.12172 |
| OpenAlex | W4200570992 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
The continued dearth of realistic, culturally diverse characters in children's literature corresponds with the lack of diversity among those who create, publish, and review books. To address this problem, the researcher collaborated with six culturally diverse high school aged girls for a participatory action research (PAR) project that involved critical analysis of children's picture books that mirrored one or more facets of each girl's identity, with an eye to authenticity. The girls concluded that (1) omitting relevant details about a character's identities created cognitive dissonance for the reader, and (2) book creators who choose this approach create potential for cultural outsiders to glean inaccurate ideas. The positive impact on the participants included changes in their relations and/or changes in their thinking. When the project ended sooner than expected and with a different end product, the researcher's own thinking changed about measuring the success of a PAR project
Action (physics · Advertising · Aesthetics · Citizen journalism · Cognitive dissonance · Critical thinking · Developmental psychology · Diversity (politics · Girl · Identity (music · Participatory action research · Pedagogy · Publication · Sociology · Child Development and Digital Technology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Action Research Planner
Taking on Critical Literacy
Dutch Primary Schoolchildren’s Perspectives of Activity-Friendly School Playgrounds
An Intervention to Address Interpersonal Violence Among Low-Income Midwestern Hispanic-American Teens
Youth as Partners, Participants or Passive Recipients
The “Dream Teens” Project
The Interdependence of Social Identification and Learning
Critical Literacy
Children as ethnographers
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |