From multiculturality to intercultural education: The case of the picture book Paula en Nueva York

Authors

  • Eduardo Encabo Fernández
  • Juan José Varela Tembra

Keywords:

intercultural education, pictures books, citizenship education, children's literature

Abstract

The main aim of this article is to analyse “Paula en Nueva York” a Spanish picture book which has been awarded the “Premio Internacional de ilustración” of the Santamaría Foundation (2005). The text itself is about interculturality. We are going to analyze this picture book from a semiotic and semantic viewpoint and we are going to show how the reader can become aware of other cultures and the positive aspects of any cultural differences by using it.

There are new educational trends which aim for a citizenship education.
Keeping these trends in mind, we are going to list all the characteristics of this picture book so that ir becomes quite clear that it is an ideal text for the promotion of intercultural education thanks to all the multicultural elements it includes.

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Published

2006-06-13

Issue

No. 4 (2006)

Section

Artículos

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