Selección y valoración de LIJ para bibliotecas de aula: comparativa entre España, Ecuador y Colombia / Selection and appraisal of LIJ for the library of the class: comparison between Spain, Ecuador and Colombia

Abstract

The aim of this study comparison is the clarification of the kind of youth and children’s literature in order to create a class library, selected by Spaniards, Colombians and Ecuadorians teachers. Minor differences were observed trough data collection and analysis of one of the activities –“Selection and evaluation of a small library”- of the subject “Didáctica de la Lectura” of UNIR’s MFA in “Didáctica de la Lengua en Educación Infantil y Primaria”, answered by current teachers of Spain, Colombia and Ecuador. Nevertheless, a few particularities are detectable in the selection of certain books, as well as in the reasons to exclude other titles. Putting all the data together, is possible to conclude that the selection of the works is not always guided by rigorous criteria, instead the tradition and the personal experience -which is mutable from class to class- seem to be the leading motivations.