La formación de los futuros maestros a través de la literatura: los textos literarios desde una perspectiva didáctico-práctica

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to reflect on the training on literary issues provided to future teachers, particularly, on Children’s Literature at Higher Education. To this end, a qualitative study has been conducted by means of the implementation of a didactic experience at the Faculty of Education in Toledo with the students of the Degree in Infant Education at University of Castilla-La Mancha. Through this didactic experience, students were assumed to gain knowledge of the main contributions to Children’s Literature in the context of the elective course Children’s Literature in English and its Didactics. Firstly, some advantages of the inclusion of Children’s Literature and its possibilities at early educational levels are revised through some of the most relevant authors on the field. Secondly, this paper pays attention to the necessity of including Children’s Literature in Infant Education Studies, giving its importance in early educational levels.