Student Meaning-Making of an Allegorical Picturebook in Social Studies

Autor/in	Pantaleo, Sylvia
Titel	Student Meaning-Making of an Allegorical Picturebook in Social Studies
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 112 (2021) 5, S.217-230 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
DOI	10.1080/00377996.2021.1896464
Schlagwörter	Social Studies; Elementary School Students; Critical Thinking; Aesthetics; Visual Arts; Design; Picture Books; Content Analysis; Teaching Methods; Language Arts; Science Instruction; Units of Study; European History; Foreign Policy; Industrialization; Ecology; Illustrations; Visual Literacy; Color; Semiotics; Sociocultural Patterns; Grade 5; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; Kritisches Denken; Ästhetik; Optische Gestaltung; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Inhaltsanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachkultur; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lerneinheit; Außenpolitik; Industrialisation; Industrialisierung; Ökologie; Bildliche Darstellung; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Colour; Farbbezeichnung; Farbe; Semiotik; Soziokulturelle Theorie; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Participation in a classroom-based study provided Grade 4 students with multiple opportunities to develop their visual meaning-making skills and competences, as well as their aesthetic understanding of and critical thinking about multimodal ensembles. Intentionally-designed instruction during the multifaceted research included a variety of activities focused on a selection of elements of visual art and design. Student participants read and discussed, and wrote about picturebooks during Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. "The Rabbits," a picturebook that has been interpreted as a powerful and unsettling allegory of colonization, industrializaiton, and ecological destruction, was one selection of literature featured during a Social Studies unit on European exploration. The content analysis of the students' responses to "The Rabbits" revealed how the students identified, described, and interpreted Shaun Tan's use of color, visual point of view, and typography as fulfilling multiple, and often simultaneous, meaning-making purposes. The responses provided evidence of student engagement in sophisticated visual analysis and symbolic interpretation that deepened their critical understanding and appreciation of "The Rabbits," as well as enhanced their understanding of curriculum. Overall, the findings extend the limited research on how student knowledge about and interpretation of elements of visual art and design in the artwork in picturebooks used for Social Studies pedagogy can simultaneously develop students' visual reading skills, enhance their comprehension of curricular content, and build their higher-order thinking skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01