Integrating Literature with Craft in a Learning Process with Creative Elements

Autor/inn/en	Aerila, Juli-Anna; Rönkkö, Marja-Leena
Titel	Integrating Literature with Craft in a Learning Process with Creative Elements
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 43 (2015) 2, S.89-98 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-013-0626-1
Schlagwörter	Handicrafts; Childrens Literature; Integrated Activities; Learning Processes; Preschool Education; Preschool Children; Art Education; Reading; Story Telling; Art Activities; Creativity; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handwerk; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Integrierender Unterricht; Learning process; Lernprozess; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Kreativität; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Art-related learning should be the central way of doing and playing in preschool, because the high quality of art-related education has a positive effect on children's well-being, identity development, and creative thinking. In our study we tested an integrated learning process where reading literature and telling stories is combined with the making of a craft product. In addition we created a framework of compulsory, optional and free elements to plan and evaluate the creative learning process. Our research material consists of anticipatory stories collected by storycrafting, characters made by children with craft materials/techniques, and character descriptions. The storycrafting method is implemented in this study as an anticipatory story based on a fragment of a fictional text. The character is made using the concept of a holistic craft, where the pupil designs, produces, and evaluates the whole process. The data were collected in a preschool group that consisted of 10 children, 7 boys and 3 girls. Based on the study results, it is possible to conclude that most children benefitted from the process. It seems that literature and storycrafting support designing craft products. Our study showed that integrated learning process could be an effective and a creative way of working in a preschool group. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01