Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Multiliteracies and Early Years Innovation : Perspectives from Finland and Beyond |
| Editors | Kristiina Kumpulainen, Julian Sefton-Green |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Pages | 42-60 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-138-36160-7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429432668 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Book chapter |
Fields of Science
- 516 Educational sciences
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Finnish Teachers Making Sense of and Promoting Multiliteracies in Early Years Education. / Sairanen, Heidi; Kangas, Jonna; Sintonen, Sara.
Multiliteracies and Early Years Innovation: Perspectives from Finland and Beyond. ed. / Kristiina Kumpulainen; Julian Sefton-Green. London : Routledge, 2019. p. 42-60.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Finnish Teachers Making Sense of and Promoting Multiliteracies in Early Years Education
AU - Sairanen, Heidi
AU - Kangas, Jonna
AU - Sintonen, Sara
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In this chapter we explore how Finnish early years teachers use and make sense of the materials developed by the Monilukutaitoa Opitaan Ilolla (MOI) program for promoting young children's multiliteracies. In specific, the chapter focuses on the teachers' use of Whisper of the Spirit that consists of open-source, open-ended, and non-prescriptive activity cards. All of the four teachers were chosen for this study because of their interest in development of multiliteracies pedagogy. In the chapter, the authors ask how these teachers promote children's multiliteracy learning through versatile play, digital production, and multimodal practices through the MOI material, and how the use of the MOI material is adapted by teachers in local contexts. In this respect, they look into the teachers' agency in designing and conducting multiliteracy pedagogy, which they consider to be connected to autonomy, one of the four key elements of the Finnish teaching profession, and through that, in the transformative agency that emerged in the teachers' narrations. The chapter is structured around four teachers' semi-structured interviews and shows how the teachers made sense of the MOI material in their efforts to promote young children's multiliteracies, and how they applied the materials in their teaching in local contexts. Opportunities and challenges are identified and discussed.
AB - In this chapter we explore how Finnish early years teachers use and make sense of the materials developed by the Monilukutaitoa Opitaan Ilolla (MOI) program for promoting young children's multiliteracies. In specific, the chapter focuses on the teachers' use of Whisper of the Spirit that consists of open-source, open-ended, and non-prescriptive activity cards. All of the four teachers were chosen for this study because of their interest in development of multiliteracies pedagogy. In the chapter, the authors ask how these teachers promote children's multiliteracy learning through versatile play, digital production, and multimodal practices through the MOI material, and how the use of the MOI material is adapted by teachers in local contexts. In this respect, they look into the teachers' agency in designing and conducting multiliteracy pedagogy, which they consider to be connected to autonomy, one of the four key elements of the Finnish teaching profession, and through that, in the transformative agency that emerged in the teachers' narrations. The chapter is structured around four teachers' semi-structured interviews and shows how the teachers made sense of the MOI material in their efforts to promote young children's multiliteracies, and how they applied the materials in their teaching in local contexts. Opportunities and challenges are identified and discussed.
KW - 516 Educational sciences
U2 - 10.4324/9780429432668-3
DO - 10.4324/9780429432668-3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-138-36160-7
SP - 42
EP - 60
BT - Multiliteracies and Early Years Innovation
A2 - Kumpulainen, Kristiina
A2 - Sefton-Green, Julian
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -