Share Paper: Designing New Interpretations: Innovative Practices in a Children’s Literature Course

  1. Suzette Youngs, University of Northern Colorado , United States
  2. Christine Kyser, University of Northern Colorado, United States
  3. Mia Kim Williams, University of Northern Colorado , United States
Tuesday, March 3 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Tango

Abstract: This study examined how pre-service teachers enrolled in a children’s literature course constructed meaning in transaction with the various semiotic resources made available in contemporary picturebooks. The purpose was to understand how pre-service teachers designed multimodal compositions in response to contemporary picturebooks. We examined the multimodal design to understand how students used various modes across analytic structures to represent their interpretations.