Children’s Books About Immigrants and Refugees: Impact on Reading Attitudes

Authors

Doris Walker-Dalhouse, Marquette UniversityFollow
A. Derick Dalhouse, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Lee Za Ong, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

SAGE

Source Publication

International Journal of Educational Reform

Source ISSN

1056-7879

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1177/10567879231202478

Abstract

Forty-nine preservice teachers (PTs) from a religious-affiliated private university in the U.S. and 124 children attending a reading clinic at the university participated in a study to determine if books about immigrants and refugees had any effect on children's academic and recreational reading attitudes and whether the development and teaching of lessons by Interventionists PTs using books about immigrants and refugees influenced their attitudes toward immigrants and refugees. Fifth-grade children showed significant pre-post changes in academic and recreational reading attitudes. Preservice teachers showed significant pre-post-beliefs about immigrants and refugees in comparison to control group PTs.

Comments

International Journal of Educational Reform, 2023. Online before print. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Walker-Dalhouse, Doris; Dalhouse, A. Derick; and Ong, Lee Za, "Children’s Books About Immigrants and Refugees: Impact on Reading Attitudes" (2023). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 641.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/641