Responses to Literature by Inuit and non-Inuit Grade Ten Students

Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

Tags: social sciences, socio-cultural, students

Principal Investigator: Demchuk, Audrey (1)
Licence Number: 10018
Organization: Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Issued: Jan 01, 1990

Objective(s): to determine the understanding and meanings imputed to literature by Grade Ten Inuit and non-Inuit students in Iqaluit;

Project Description: Ms. Demchuk will use Rosenblatt's theory of response to literature to explore what sociocultural factors and personal experiences affect students' interpretation of the reading and writing of literature, primarily fiction.