App-Genres for Children's Agency -- Affordances in Applications Used in Preschool

Autor/in	Petersen, Petra
Titel	App-Genres for Children's Agency -- Affordances in Applications Used in Preschool
Quelle	In: Designs for Learning, 15 (2023) 1, S.17-30 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Petersen, Petra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Computer Oriented Programs; Computer Uses in Education; Preschool Education; Preschool Teachers; Preschool Children; Multilingualism; Language Proficiency; Affordances; Semiotics; Translation; Picture Books; Story Telling; Games; Documentation; Media Selection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computerprogramm; Computernutzung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Semiotik; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Dokumentation; Medienwahl
Abstract	In this study, the aim is to explore what genres can be found in applications used in preschool as a way to facilitate preschool teachers' informed choices and raise awareness concerning the importance of choosing digital content carefully. In particular, applications that facilitate communication beyond a verbal majority language are in focus in this study. The research questions concern what the affordances are of applications used in preschool in relation to children's agency and multilingual competencies and which kinds of genres that emerge from the applications' affordances. Analyses of the applications were based on a social semiotic approach, in combination with the notion of translanguaging, taking into account many modes of communication, as well as different languages. The results illustrate how affordances include possibilities to listen to several spoken languages, opportunities to create documentation and produce stories in many different modes, including the verbal language of choice, but also restraints such as lack of opportunities for children's agency in some applications with more closed composition. 10 genres are proposed which consist of three monolingual app-genres: talking picture books, storytelling and games, and seven app-genres that allow for several languages: talking picture books in more languages, multilingual storytelling, storytelling with recording possibilities, boardgames with recording possibilities, communication apps, draw-and-record apps and documentation apps. Conclusions highlight the importance of careful selection when choosing digital content in educational settings for younger children and that some of the app-genres proposed could be seen as facilitating digital pedagogical translanguaging. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Stockholm University Press. Stockholm University Library, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden. Web site: https://www.designsforlearning.nu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01