Will Students Gain Knowledge of the World by Reading Fiction?

Authors

Todd Jones, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-7-2019

Publication Title

Theory and Research in Education

First page number:

1

Last page number:

16

Abstract

Teachers of literature often have students read works of fiction to learn important truths about the world. But, it is not clear how looking at a work of fiction can tell us about the actual world. This article examines whether and how this can be done

Keywords

Fiction; Justification; Knowledge; Learning

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Language

english

Repository Citation

Jones, T. (2019). Will Students Gain Knowledge of the World by Reading Fiction?. Theory and Research in Education 1-16.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477878519832675