[ help and advice needed ] what topic to choose for my thesis ?

@nagikka (407)
Italy
October 13, 2009 5:00am CST
Hello, I'm writing this discussion because I need some serious help therefore ALL opinions are welcome and appreciated. I need to start working on my thesis for University and I still have a lot of time to go, however the problem is I can't seem to find a decent topic. The subject I have choosen is litterature for children/kids. I contacted one of the professors at University saying I was interested in writing about "fears", thus including writers like Gaiman or J.K. Rowling, movies like those of Tim Burton ... He said this topic has been choosen way too many times and I should start looking for something different. Now, I decided to ask you because there are teachers here who might have started projects in their classes, so you might suggest me some interesting topic that I might elaborate and work on. Please If you have anything on your mind don't hesitate to tell me, I would truly appreciate your suggestions. Thanks :)
2 responses
@Tiamjr (435)
13 Oct 09
Well when I was doing a project relationg to science communication I read a briefly about how fictional and factual literature may aid learning in science. There are quite a few fictional science stories available which aim to teach children more about science. I think there is a fictional series of children's books about Eistien which aid children in learning physics. I don't know if this provides you with any help?
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@nagikka (407)
• Italy
13 Oct 09
I will search on the web and look for more informations about this topic :) I'm open to any suggestion, taking notes and then talking aboout them with my professor on Saturday morning. Thank you a lot, anything that's not just pure entertainment and can also have pedagogical sides in it is really helpful :)
@Tiamjr (435)
13 Oct 09
It refers to these books in relation to Piagets cognitive developmental theory, so they might be good for discussing in regards to education pedagogy.
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@nagikka (407)
• Italy
14 Oct 09
I also checked some websites online and there's a good selection of books that could be choosen, too bad the best ones seem to be in english :(
• Philippines
16 Oct 09
nagikka, try the following: 1. Simplicity 2. Childhood 3. How to cope with emergency 4. Being alone