Storytelling Projects on Native American Children’s Literature for Primary English Education: A Case Study

Abstract

A pedagogic experiment in the Spanish context is shared, which allowed student teachers to explore very different texts from the canonical books typically used in English language education with student teachers, namely a spectrum of Native American children’s literature with the aim of critical literacy and intercultural citizenship.

Keywords

• native american children’s literature
• critical literacy
• intercultural citizenship
• compelling reading
• english language education
• project-work learning