Bridging 'As Is' and 'As If' by Reading Fiction in Ethics Education

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  • Author(s): Lyngfelt, Anna (ORCID Lyngfelt, Anna (ORCID 0000-0003-3048-5603); Sporre, Karin (ORCID Sporre, Karin (ORCID 0000-0002-4483-0597); Lifmark, David (ORCID Lifmark, David (ORCID 0000-0001-9887-0538); Lilja, Annika (ORCID Lilja, Annika (ORCID 0000-0001-6776-9867); Osbeck, Christina (ORCID Osbeck, Christina (ORCID 0000-0001-9238-7676); Franck, Olof (ORCID Franck, Olof (ORCID 0000-0002-1132-6773)
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Cambridge Journal of Education. 2023 53(1):63-77.
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      15
    • Education Level:
      Elementary Education
      Grade 5
      Intermediate Grades
      Middle Schools
      Grade 8
      Junior High Schools
      Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Ethics; Fiction; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Social Change; Emotional Response; Moral Values; Compulsory Education; Childrens Literature; Critical Thinking; Cognitive Development; Imagination; Emotional Intelligence; Altruism; Swedish; Religious Education; Grade 5; Grade 8; Decision Making; Foreign Countries; Vignettes
    • Subject Terms:
      Sweden
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/0305764X.2022.2075323
    • ISSN:
      0305-764X
      1469-3577
    • Abstract:
      The overarching aim is to explore what teachers perceive as the opportunities provided by using literature in ethics education in compulsory school. When being interviewed, in what ways do the teachers express views on the potential of fiction to encourage students to accept certain human conditions as imaginable, or to create motivation for ethical change, by means of the capacity of fiction to evoke feelings? Also, in what ways do the teachers interviewed consider fiction to be useful for evoking thoughts about how something could have turned out, in situations that are morally complex? What makes compassion grow within human beings are linked in this article to the concepts "as is" and "as if" in play research (cf). Analytical tools are developed and used to explain how, and why, the use of literature is suitable for work with ethics in compulsory school.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1376833