Browsing by Author "Oiva, Mari"

This thesis is a theoretical framework of children's literature in basic education. The main focus is to find why and how children's literature is used especially on first and second grades of basic education. The objective of thesis is to understand the main concepts of the field. Mother tongue and literature is an informational, artistic and skill subject (Core curriculum for basic education 2004, 44). The main points of teaching especially literature in first and second grades are developing children’s creativity and expression skills, increasing knowledge of their own and other cultures and offering tools to understand the world. It is also important to encourage children to make reading not only a routine but also a pleasant habit which includes enjoyable experiences. Other forms of art such as writing and drama can also bring new possibilities to functional and experimental literature teaching. In my future Master’s Thesis I will study how children’s literature can be used with difficult themes in classroom. My main interest is to study how teachers experience using children’s literature with difficult themes such as sorrow and inequality.