%0 Journal Article
%T Gaining Insight Into Human Nature: A Review of Literature Classroom Intervention Studies
%A Gert Rijlaarsdam
%A Marloes Schrijvers
%A Olivia Fialho
%A Tanja Janssen
%J Review of Educational Research
%@ 1935-1046
%D 2019
%R 10.3102/0034654318812914
%X In this review, we explore whether and how literature education may foster adolescent students¡¯ insight into human nature. A systematic search of five databases was complemented with citation tracking, hand searches, and expert consultation. We included 13 experimental and quasi-experimental intervention studies. Methodological quality and quality-of-intervention descriptions were assessed. Analysis of empirical support for expected intervention effects indicated that, under certain conditions, literature education may foster students¡¯ insight into human nature. One intervention affected students¡¯ insight into themselves, two affected their understanding of fictional others, and six affected their understanding of, views on, or intended behavior toward real-world others. Subsequent analysis of interventions with full or partial empirical support yielded instructional design principles on (a) text selection; (b) activating, annotating, and reflecting on personal life and reading experiences in writing activities; and (c) verbally sharing these experiences with others in exploratory dialogues. Limitations and implications for future studies are discussed
%K literature education
%K insight into human nature
%K instructional approaches
%K dialogic learning
%K adolescents
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0034654318812914