AbstractsAnthropology

Representations of Chinese Culture and History in Picture Books of the Westerville Public Library: Educational Quality And Accuracy Of Children Literature About China And Chinese Culture

by Han Zhang




Institution: Otterbein University
Department: Education
Degree: MAE
Year: 2011
Keywords: Asian American Studies; Asian Literature; Asian Studies; Cultural Anthropology; Education; Ethnic Studies; History; Literature; Chinese Culture and History; children's picture literature; Picture Books; Westerville Public Library; Educational Quality And Accuracy; authentic and accurate representations
Record ID: 1890663
Full text PDF: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1355341032


Abstract

In order to learn about the educational quality and accuracy of most children's picture literature accessible to readers of Westerville area, which aim to illustrate and introduce the content of Chinese culture and history, the author of this paper examines whether children's picture books in the Westerville Public Library serve American readers as authentic and accuraterepresentations of Chinese culture and its history. Based on the ardent debates of former researcher, the author discusses frequent mistakes existing in most picture books. Later, the author collects data and uses estimation and hypothesis testing to prove the error rate of the whole pictures population and the hypothesis of comparing quality of books of past and present.