Oral and Moral Expression in Language Settings - Implied Dilemmas in Literacy Acquisition: An empirical phenomenological study of 7- to 9- Year-Old Greek Children 's Ethical Reflection on Creative Storytelling

Authors

  • Smaragda Papadopoulou University of Ioannina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26248/eleutherna.v3i0.145

Keywords:

children, ethics, phenomenology, creative storytelling, oral language, teaching

Abstract

This paper examines ethical concepts in verbal expression of children through
na"ative. The subject group of 82 participants (39 girls and 43 boys), were asked
to tell their own story about the 'sun' as a story character.
They were all 7-9 years old children from Greece interviewed in school settings
and the assembled material was a product of individual interviews in transcribed
na"ation. The method used for the analysis of our data was the Empirical Psychological
Phenomenological method. The results consisted of thirteen qualitative
different categories of ethical meaning, which were decided by judges providing an
image-analysis of the ethical traits and deeds of the heroes involved in children's
stories. Implications for the influence of the educational practice of storytelling on
the development of children's moral criteria as reflected in their oral language are
discussed.

Author Biography

Smaragda Papadopoulou, University of Ioannina

Papadopoulou Smaragda
Assistant Professor, Department of Elementary Education, University of Ioannina

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Published

2006-02-12

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Papadopoulou, S. (2006). Oral and Moral Expression in Language Settings - Implied Dilemmas in Literacy Acquisition: An empirical phenomenological study of 7- to 9- Year-Old Greek Children ’s Ethical Reflection on Creative Storytelling. ELEUTHERNA, 3, 127–145. https://doi.org/10.26248/eleutherna.v3i0.145

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Vol. 3 (2006): ΤΟΜΟΣ ΤΡΙΤΟΣ / VOLUME ΙΙΙ

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