%0 Journal Article
%T ChildrenĄ¯s Literature as an Important Tool for Education of Sustainability and the Environment
%A Lea Baratz
%A Hanna Abu Hazeira
%J International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education
%D 2012
%I International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education
%X ChildrenĄ¯s literature is operated and distributed on the basis of faith, whereby if there is a place for effective links between literature and society, then it will naturally be found first in childrenĄ¯s literature. For the most part childrenĄ¯s literature is goal directed and amongst its targets is the assimilation of socio-cultural values. The number of study hours for childrenĄ¯s literature in the colleges for education is very limited, and only infrequently is the educator of the future awarded broad knowledge of childrenĄ¯s literature during her studies at the college. Currently no study program has been designated for the connection between childrenĄ¯s literature and sustainability and its derivatives and a method of integrating this subject into the field of literature. Due to the importance of childrenĄ¯s literature in the assimilation of values and instilling of an ideological infrastructure which will become a way of life, it is appropriate to examine the findings of literary works in literature textbooks and before this the outline of the subject in the syllabus. One should introduce environmental studies into existing subjects and introduce environmental studies as a new subject in the syllabus.
%K ChildrenĄ¯s literature
%K education of sustainability
%K education of environment
%K childrenĄ¯s literature as a means of socializing
%U http://www.iejeegreen.com/index.php/iejeegreen/article/view/52/27