Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi

This thesis explores how activities that young children are engaged in within the preschool environment, can be understood in terms of early language and literacy processes. The overall aim is to construct knowledge about young children’s spontaneous sign processes as well as meaning making and earl...

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Main Author: Hvit Lindstrand, Sara
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:Swedish
Published: Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, Förskolepedagogisk didaktisk forskning 2015
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-hj-264232015-10-14T04:56:19ZSmå barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologisweYoung children’s sign- and meaning making processes in preschool : Exploring multimodal language and interactions with technologyHvit Lindstrand, SaraHögskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, Förskolepedagogisk didaktisk forskningJönköping : School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University2015young preschoolersmeaning makingliteracymultimodalitypreschooltechnologyThis thesis explores how activities that young children are engaged in within the preschool environment, can be understood in terms of early language and literacy processes. The overall aim is to construct knowledge about young children’s spontaneous sign processes as well as meaning making and early literacy processes in preschool. A wider aim is to contribute to the theoretical understanding of young children’s multimodal use of language. More specifically, there is an interest to show how preschool educators describe and analyse young children’s literacy and how young children construct language in interaction with other children and technology. The overall theoretical view of is a social constructionist perspective of language and knowledge. Young childrens’ early literacy is seen from Early Childhood Literacy and multimodal views. The results are presented in four studies that together construct knowledge about the overall aim. The first two studies, based on focus groups, give insight into preschool educators’ views, and professional language about young children’s literacy. Young children’s interactions with each other and an interactive board (IWB), were then explored by video recordings in the third and fourth studies. The interactions are discussed in relation to sign- and meaning making, imagination and creativity. The professional language of Swedish preschool educators is eventually discussed as a dialogism of earlier theoretical and leading voices. The use of concepts such as bodily alliterations and pictographic writing are proposed as ways to expand the theoretical approach to young children’s literacy processes in preschool. By observing childrens interactions and view their bodily activities and their use of resources as doing literacy- and language their literacy could be challenged in preschools in its own right, and seen as literacy education. Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summaryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-26423urn:isbn:978-91-628-9439-9 (tryckt)urn:isbn:978-91-628-9449-5 (digital)Dissertation. School of Education and Communication, 1652-7933 ; 30application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic young preschoolers
meaning making
literacy
multimodality
preschool
technology
spellingShingle young preschoolers
meaning making
literacy
multimodality
preschool
technology
Hvit Lindstrand, Sara
Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi
description This thesis explores how activities that young children are engaged in within the preschool environment, can be understood in terms of early language and literacy processes. The overall aim is to construct knowledge about young children’s spontaneous sign processes as well as meaning making and early literacy processes in preschool. A wider aim is to contribute to the theoretical understanding of young children’s multimodal use of language. More specifically, there is an interest to show how preschool educators describe and analyse young children’s literacy and how young children construct language in interaction with other children and technology. The overall theoretical view of is a social constructionist perspective of language and knowledge. Young childrens’ early literacy is seen from Early Childhood Literacy and multimodal views. The results are presented in four studies that together construct knowledge about the overall aim. The first two studies, based on focus groups, give insight into preschool educators’ views, and professional language about young children’s literacy. Young children’s interactions with each other and an interactive board (IWB), were then explored by video recordings in the third and fourth studies. The interactions are discussed in relation to sign- and meaning making, imagination and creativity. The professional language of Swedish preschool educators is eventually discussed as a dialogism of earlier theoretical and leading voices. The use of concepts such as bodily alliterations and pictographic writing are proposed as ways to expand the theoretical approach to young children’s literacy processes in preschool. By observing childrens interactions and view their bodily activities and their use of resources as doing literacy- and language their literacy could be challenged in preschools in its own right, and seen as literacy education.
author Hvit Lindstrand, Sara
author_facet Hvit Lindstrand, Sara
author_sort Hvit Lindstrand, Sara
title Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi
title_short Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi
title_full Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi
title_fullStr Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi
title_full_unstemmed Små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : Multimodalt görande och teknologi
title_sort små barns tecken- och meningsskapande i förskola : multimodalt görande och teknologi
publisher Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, Förskolepedagogisk didaktisk forskning
publishDate 2015
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