Exploring Enactments of Agency in Children's Literature from School Libraries
Description:
The purpose of this study was to analyze student-selected library books for how, if at all, agency is enacted by the characters. This study uses tenets from critical multicultural analysis (CMA) and elements of visual analysis (VA) to guide a critical content analysis of enactments of agency in the most circulated books from three school libraries during the 2019-2020 school year. This study builds on and extends the existing research on agency development in children and demonstrations of agen…
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Date:
August 2021
Creator:
Loomis, Kathryn Barkley
Partner:
UNT Libraries