Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

10/1/1972 - 6/30/1973

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Fiction and the Educational Process

FAIN: FB-11441-72

University of Rochester (Rochester, NY 14627-0001)
Barry R. Westburg (Project Director: October 1972 to present)

To study major works of Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Lacan, and others, including various writings on developmental psycholinguistics. The focus is on child-development and the function of language and especially fictions (lies, stories, fairy tales, etc.) in the educational process as a whole.