ERIC Number: EJ1305200
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Waldorf Inspired Hyper-Imaginative Learning Trajectories: Developing New Media Literacies in Elementary Education
Early Child Development and Care, v191 n7-8 p1287-1301 2021
The purpose of this pilot study is to identify how Waldorf-inspired imaginative teaching methods, and low-technology prototyping promote New Media Literacies (NMLs) development at upper elementary school students. Particularly, the aim is twofold: firstly, to test the feasibility of the research design and validate the research instruments; secondly, to explore the relationship among Waldorf-inspired teaching methods, low-technology prototyping and NMLs development. The study was conducted following mixed methods-grounded theory (MM-GT) methodology by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data from 104 participants. Specific learning trajectories are traced facilitating students to develop NMLs. Waldorf-inspired hyper-imaginative learning trajectories are unfolded within a six-phases learning process, as particularly effective at low-technology learning environments. Further research should be carried out to gain more insight into the cross-curricular infusion and acquisition of NMLs through Waldorf education across different educational grades.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Imagination, Learning Processes, Skill Development, Media Literacy, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Preadolescents, Instructional Effectiveness, Story Telling, Discussion, Discovery Learning, Art Activities, Play, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain; Latin America; China
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