A Study of children*s story construction from a picture book

• Main Authors: Weng Li- chi, 翁儷綺
• Other Authors: Chen Shu-chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1998
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04911797168641978325

碩士 === 國立師範大學 === 家政教育學系 === 86 === This study adopts qualitative research method to reach main purposes which are to understand how children (at the average age of 5 years and 8 months old) construct a story from a picture book and make meaning of the story. The results can be divided into two parts. The first is to probe how children construct a story and make meaning of the story . The second is to probe how children interpret a story constructed by themselves.Story construction includes three aspects. The first aspect is to preview the picture book entirely. "Preview the book " can be regarded as the preparatory stage that children start to construct a story and make meaning of the story. However , We are not sure that if it absolutely influences children to construct a story or to make its meaning. Further research is necessary. The second aspect is the accomplishment of a story. There are two methods. The typical method that children construct a story is to describe the individual picture , and then construct a complete story gradually. To describe the continuous pictures is the other method that adopted by children to construct a story. This method seems to contain matacognition, and at the same time , the consequence of the pictures are connected fluently. The third aspect is how children express a story. Children use "matalinguistic" and "explanation strategies" to express a story. Besides , there is another way that children make meaning of a story. The way is that children adopt rich body language to express a story.Children can interpret a story constructed by themselves. There are three bases of interpretation : 1.direct comprehension based on intuition；2.the interpretation is based on the pictures of the book；3. the interpretation is based on the daily experiences and related knowledge. Among which , the third basis is adopted most by the children. Finally , the research brings up some suggestions to parents , teachers ,and future researchers.