Acquiring literary knowledge using children’s literature as a contribution to the aesthetic education of primary children Cover Image

Literarisches Lernen mit Kinderliteratur als Beitrag zur ästhetischen Bildung im Deutschunterricht der Primarstufe
Acquiring literary knowledge using children’s literature as a contribution to the aesthetic education of primary children

Author(s): Hans-Joachim Jürgens
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Hrvatska udruga istraživača dječje književnosti
Keywords: Zoran Drvenkar; aesthetic education; children’s literature; acquiring literary knowledge; tall tales; truth

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents two examples of organising teaching based on children’s books Die tollkühnen Abenteuer von JanBenMax [The Foolhardy Adventures of JanBenMax] and Eddies Lügengeschichten [Eddie’s Tall Tales] by Zoran Drvenkar, designed in accordance with the approach to acquiring literary knowledge and aesthetic education as developed by Kaspar H. Spinner for primary children/young learners. Special focus is on teaching methodology, which is directed towards specific concrete activities of pupils and towards text production, as well as towards learning by using all the senses.

  • Issue Year: 3/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 75-94
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: German