ERIC Number: EJ1395929
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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Disciplinary Literacy Learning at the Museum: Supporting Preservice Teachers' Expanded Understandings of Multimodality
Deroo, Matthew R.; Galante, Michela
Literacy Research and Instruction, v62 n4 p350-370 2023
Museums have long played an important role in the support of learning, yet less is known about the role of museums in supporting preservice teacher learning in the field of literacy education. In this qualitative study, the authors' report on how a partnership with a local art museum, as a space of hybridity, extended preservice teacher's learning about multimodality and social semiotics in relation to preservice teachers' content areas. Drawing upon interviews with preservice teachers, their written reflections, curricular planning in the form of lesson and unit plans, and field notes, we found that multiple visits to the museum supported expanded notions of literacy and raised awareness about multimodality and social semiotics as they related to disciplinary literacy. We offer recommendations for how teacher-educators can leverage local resources, like museums, as partners in helping teachers prepare their students to engage in multimodal work within their disciplines.
Descriptors: Museums, Intellectual Disciplines, Lesson Plans, Semiotics, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Literacy Education, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Field Trips, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Middle School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Multiple Literacies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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