Research showcase at the Children’s Literature Assembly Conference
On 20 February, four members of the WONDRE team showcased ongoing research at the U.S. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)’s Children’s Literature Assembly Conference.
Hosted by the University of Georgia, the annual online conference ran with the theme ‘Care, Advocacy, and Children’s Literature: Research in Theory and Praxis.’ We shared different facets of our work, focusing on how children interact with and understand nonfiction.
Sarah Caré presented her preliminary thoughts on the often overlooked role that characters play within children’s nonfiction. Karolína Šimková offered innovative methodological approaches, discussing ways to analyze children’s books while adopting the viewpoints of children “by proxy.” Anežka Kuzmičová and Markéta Supa provided a sneak peek into their latest findings regarding children’s unique ways of imagining and conceptualizing the real world.
Find more information about the conference on its website.
To visually document our panel, Sarah Caré illustrated a comic capturing the key takeaways from each presentation.
