The continued dearth of realistic, culturally diverse characters in children's literature corresponds with the lack of diversity among those who create, publish, and review books. To address this problem, the researcher collaborated with six culturally diverse high school aged girls for a participatory action research (PAR) project that involved critical analysis of children's picture books that mirrored one or more facets of each girl's identity, with an eye to authenticity. The girls concluded that (1) omitting relevant details about a character's identities created cognitive dissonance for the reader, and (2) book creators who choose this approach create potential for cultural outsiders to glean inaccurate ideas. The positive impact on the participants included changes in their relations and/or changes in their thinking. When the project ended sooner than expected and with a different end product, the researcher's own thinking changed about measuring the success of a PAR project.

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“我们需要人们被唤醒并看到这一点！” 青少年通过批判性分析学习

儿童文学中现实主义、文化多元性人物的持续缺乏与创作、出版和评论书籍的人缺乏多样性相对应。为了解决这个问题，研究人员与六名不同文化背景的高中女生合作开展了一项参与性行动研究 (PAR) 项目，该项目涉及对反映每个女孩身份的一个或多个方面的儿童绘本进行批判性分析，并着眼于真实性。女孩们得出的结论是（1）省略有关角色身份的相关细节会给读者带来认知失调，（2）选择这种方法的书籍创作者为文化局外人创造了收集不准确想法的潜力。对参与者的积极影响包括他们关系的变化和/或思维的变化。