The article discusses a Spanish example of adaptation of texts for reading to children. The author refers to the adventurous novel "The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes" in the poetic version of Carlos Blanco. The analysis uses a semiotic approach and methods of receptive aesthetics. The mission of the text adaptation project is to arouse […]
Educational Analysis of Online Fandom Activities
The article dwells on the sources of developing teachers' information-communication competence, which can be used in educational process in schools and universities. The focus of the article is the analysis of cooperative online activities of fandoms and the possible ways to implement their experience into education. The analysis is based on SKAM series fandom.
Should Contemporary Literature Be Studied at School? Opinions of Education Process Stakeholders
The article analyzes the attitude of participants of literary education to teaching modern literature at school. The main advantages of using modern literature in the classroom are its relevance, the possibility to make lessons more interesting, and teach students to independently analyze texts that are not canonic. The article is based on focus groups conducted […]
"A Garden of Forking Paths": on Various Ways of "The Canon" Mastery in School Educational Practices
The article presents a description of innovative educational practices offered by language and literature teachers. In the course of the analysis, a principle common to these practices has been elicited: they are composed starting from a student as a subject of educational process and they are aimed at the development of a student's agency. In […]
Meaning of Ethno-Cultural Traditions in Ecological and Artistic Activities of Children
The article highlights a number of Slavic nations' cultural traditions, gives their reinter-pretation in the context of modern ecological and artistic education. Based on the methodology of the Russian school of traditionalism, author concludes that ethno-cultural traditions of the previous generations laid the foundation for modern art direction called "artcycling". Moscow school students' questionnaire survey […]