"Children and proverbs speak the truth" : teaching proverbial wisdom to fourth graders

"Children and proverbs speak the truth" : teaching proverbial wisdom to fourth graders / Wolfgang Mieder and Deborah Holmes.

"This study is a detailed report on whether and how children aged nine to ten can be taught proverbial wisdom as expressions of traditional laws of life."--P. [4] of cover.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mieder, Wolfgang
Corporate Author: Templeton Foundation
Other Authors: Holmes, Deborah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. : University of Vermont, 2000.
Series:Supplement series of Proverbium ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Moral education (Elementary)
Proverbs.
Proverbs > Study and teaching (Elementary)
Fourth grade (Education) > Curricula.
Sayings.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Teaching and learning proverbs
  • proposal to teach proverbs to fourth graders
  • review of modern proverb studies
  • Bibliography for teaching and learning proverb[s]
  • 150 frequently used Anglo-American proverbs
  • What is a proverb?
  • Interim progress report on teaching proverbs
  • Group pictures of students and teachers
  • Forty illustrated proverb interpretations
  • Study puppet plays and stories
  • Proverb knowledge assessment questionnaire
  • Final student questionnaire
  • Teacher reflections on teaching proverbs
  • Proverb pillow made by the students
  • Thank you letter to the students
  • Several letters from parents.

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