Representing and Projecting Possible Identities: Australian Children's Literature

  • Vaughan Prain La Trobe University

Abstract

This essay questions the assertion by John Stephens that Australian (and, thus, any national) children's literature is primarily representational and that it should be interpreted predominantly in terms of established socio-cultural positions and values.

Author Biography

Vaughan Prain, La Trobe University
Vaughan Prain is currently Head of the School of Education at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, Victoria, Australia. He has published extensively in children's literature and literacy with particular recent work focusing on the role of representation in learning across the curriculum.
Published
2007-10-19
Section
Alice's Academy