Reinventing The Modeling of Moral Values In Children: Bibliotherapy To The Rescue
Author(s): Florence Tope Dahunsi
Abstract - Traditional storytelling is one of the methods used to teach youngsters about diverse societies' beliefs, morals, and culture, particularly in Africa. Africans have a rich storytelling culture since it is one of the social activities that adults engage children in during their free time. In the African context, storytelling is used to instil moral ideals in youngsters and to warn them about the consequences of bad behaviour in the community. Unfortunately, due to civilization, scientific advancements, and instruments, the culture of storytelling in African communities is progressively eroding. Moral values are eroding as a result of this culture's deterioration. As a result, many African societies are experiencing moral degradation today. Many children participate in unwholesome habits such as stealing, cheating, lying, yahoo plus, greed, bullying, abusive, dishonesty sexual promiscuity, and many more because they lack respect for their elders. Because the culture of storytelling is rapidly fading, there is a need to look at alternative approaches that may be used to impart moral values in African youngsters. As a result, this study looked into bibliotherapy as a possible alternative to traditional storytelling.
Keywords - Storytelling, Bibliotherapy, Moral values, Modelling, Children
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.1.2022.1512
Cite This Article As: (2022). Dahunsi, F.T. Reinventing The Modeling of Moral Values In Children: Bibliotherapy To The Rescue. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 8(1) 215-224. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1512 Page: 215-224 Publication Date: 09 March 2022