Introduction: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Teaching Folklore and Fairy Tales in Higher Education

An Advanced Fairy‐Tale Course: Text Selection, Assignments, and Student Feedback

“…In spite of the great interest in teaching with fairy tales, there is “a significant lack of hands‐on resources and pedagogical tools for teaching fairy tales” (Jones & Schwabe, 2016, p. 6). This article aims to help fill this gap by outlining an advanced course on German fairy tales, including the creative assignments and text selection and summarizing the students’ evaluation of the suitability of the tasks for advancing their language skills and fostering their language learning interest.…”

“…This article aims to help fill this gap by outlining an advanced course on German fairy tales, including the creative assignments and text selection and summarizing the students' evaluation of the suitability of the tasks for advancing their language skills and fostering their language learning interest. Fairy tales are often used in elementary to advanced language courses in order to combine the teaching of language and culture, but they have also found their way into a myriad of other courses including psychology, anthropology, history, philosophy, and many other disciplines (Jones & Schwabe, 2016). The German Volksmärchen are especially popular with learners of all ages and have been adapted for use at different proficiency levels (Davidheiser, 2007).…”