After looking at other Honors Theses in the field of Education, I started to figure out exactly where I want to go with my project.
I am studying challenged novels and the reasons they are/were being censored
because I want to find out how teachers can choose novels for their classroom library/discssions, and also be aware of the implications that the novels may come with
in order to help my readers understand the severity/importance of censorship challenges, and how teachers can prevent and deal with them
I have also realized a number of things that I would like to "do" or "research" within my project:
-research banned/challenged books and their reasons for censorship
-try to justify why these books should NOT be banned or censored
-observe how censorship effects teachers and students
-understand the consequences of a censorship challenge
-find out how teachers can deal with censorship challenges
-share how parents can approach a teacher about specific novels, without immediately jumping to a censorship challenge
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Mind Mapping
My project is going to center around censorship and banned books, but I am not sure where to narrow it down. There are a number of different fields that it encompasses:
Education - Dealing with censorship in the classroom
Writers - Authors may write according to how others will read, rather than writing how they want
Media/Communications - How censorship impacts society and the media
Law - What allows people to ban books, freedom of speech, power struggle between people
Psychology/Sociology - Why do people request censorship? Personal lives, power, impact...
Community - Schools and libraries, free service, first amendment rights
Marketing - Publishing and book sales
My concern is that there will not be enough material for me to research in this field, and that the topic will grow boring after the first few pages. I need to find the spark among all of the research that will set it apart from just censorship and banned books, but actually grab the reader's attention. (Maybe something along the lines of choosing books for the classroom, or how censorship impacts teens...)
Education - Dealing with censorship in the classroom
Writers - Authors may write according to how others will read, rather than writing how they want
Media/Communications - How censorship impacts society and the media
Law - What allows people to ban books, freedom of speech, power struggle between people
Psychology/Sociology - Why do people request censorship? Personal lives, power, impact...
Community - Schools and libraries, free service, first amendment rights
Marketing - Publishing and book sales
My concern is that there will not be enough material for me to research in this field, and that the topic will grow boring after the first few pages. I need to find the spark among all of the research that will set it apart from just censorship and banned books, but actually grab the reader's attention. (Maybe something along the lines of choosing books for the classroom, or how censorship impacts teens...)
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