Character Traits Depicted in Newbery Medal Books from the 1920s Through the 2000s.

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  • Author(s): FLEMING, KIMBERLY (AUTHOR); PARKER, KAREN (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Journal of Research on Christian Education. Sep2013, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p264-282. 19p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      PERSONALITY; CHARACTER; EMOTIONS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIBRARY personnel
    • Abstract:
      Readers readily identify with characters in literature; therefore, educators must be acutely aware of the overt and underlying messages conveyed in Newbery Medal books. In this quantitative content analysis with a qualitative component, the researchers employed nonparametric measurements to examine Newbery Medal books from the 1920s to the 2000s to quantify the frequency of positive Biblical and negative opposite character traits exhibited through the thoughts and actions of characters in Newbery Medal books as well as the emergent moral themes of each book. A new system of classification for Newbery Medal books has been proposed to provide the American Library Association with an alternative method by which Newbery Medal books categorized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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