Introduction to my Blog

My name is Ashley and I am a senior at Michigan State University majoring in Child Development with a concentration in Language Arts and I am in the College of Education. I have created this blog for a course I am taking entitled TE 448 which is a course on Diversity in Children's and Adolescent Literature. I am interested in diverse literature becuase I believe that it is very important for children to learn about themselves and about others through reading. I also think that diversity in literature is important becuase there is diversity in the world around us and this diversity in everyone should be represented in the classroom as well. Throughout this course i would like to explore and learn more about the question of authenticity in diverse literature and the question of inside and outside writers. I think that these questions are important in finding appropriate diverse literature choices.