Opening Windows to the World: Developing Children’s Intercultural Understanding through Picturebooks in Japan

Abstract

This article deliberates on widening children’s horizons with picturebooks. The authors share with us their explorations in different Japanese settings: a preschool, a state primary school and an out-of-school picturebook read-aloud group, always with the aim to support a deeper understanding of aspects of the children’s own and others’ cultural identities.

Keywords

• english learning in japan
• exploratory practice
• intercultural understanding
• picturebooks