Bringing Maker Literacies to Early Childhood Education
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2017
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Nordicom, University of Gothenburg
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Pre-service teacher training must better prepare teachers to respond to the student’s interests in popular culture, play, and making. Maker literacies (Wohlwend et al., 2017) such as popular media, toyhacking, and creating films can be included in literacy education if pre-service teachers develop an understanding of their value and place within the literacy curriculum. How do we tap into the creative potential of play and making interests in a way that aligns with school literacy goals? How can early literacy curriculum and instruction expand to incorporate making into primary literacy methods courses? This study documents maker literacies that pre-service teachers used when a play, toyhacking, and filmmaking module was added to their primary literacy methods class at the university. The main purpose was to encourage pre-service teachers to transform and expand their notions about what counts as literacy and literacy curriculum in early childhood education.
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Makerspaces, Play, Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education
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Scott, J. A., & Wohlwend, K. E. (2017). Bringing maker literacies to early childhood education. In I. Eleá & L. Mikos (Eds.), Young and creative: Digital technologies empowering children in everyday life (pp. 209-219). Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordic Information Center for Media and Communication Research, University of Gothenburg.
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