"Kolla vad jag hittade!" Förskolebarns bilderbokssökning med samspel i fokus

• Main Authors: Elf, AnnaCarin, Petrén, Nancy
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan 2004
• Subjects: library and information science; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16598

The purpose of this study is to investigate how children search for and choose picture books while visiting the library together in a preschool group. How do children interact with each other and their teacher while searching for picture books? Which aspects of children&apos;s everyday lives are apparent in their choice of picture books? The theoretical frame of reference consists of Brenda Dervin&apos;s sense-making approach to information seeking and William Corsaro&apos;s sociological approach to studying children&apos;s routine activities within a peer culture. To capture children&apos;s interaction, we have observed a preschool group consisting of six 3- to 5-year olds and their teacher in a library setting during three visits. Our study shows that children&apos;s search for picture books is a social activity that involves various verbal and nonverbal strategies in order to include and exclude each other when they find a picture book that interests them. Children take turns shouting &quot;Look what I found!&quot; while holding up a book they recognise, in order to capture their peer&apos;s attention. Children&apos;s book choice is dependent upon peer&apos;s response which can explain why they often choose books that they recognise from preschool and from the massmedia. When they can&apos;t find such books, they make sense of unknown books by modifying its characters to something familiar. An unknown picture book about a lion &quot;becomes&quot; The Lion King in the eyes of the children. When the children seek the teacher&apos;s approval, it appears that she judges their book choices from a read-aloud perspective that ignores the children&apos;s own interest and use of picture books. AnnaCarin Elf och Nancy Petrén vann Säffle biblioteks uppsatspristävling &quot;Framtidsspanare sökes!&quot; 2005. === <p>AnnaCarin Elf och Nancy Petrén vann Säffle biblioteks uppsatspristävling "Framtidsspanare sökes!" 2005.</p><p>Uppsatsnivå: D</p>