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Zigging and zooming all over the place: Young children’s meaning making and movement in the museum.
- Source :
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Journal of Early Childhood Literacy . Mar2014, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p5-27. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This article draws attention to the walking and running of young children as a key element of their multimodal communicative practices. In addition, the article argues that the walking and running of young children can be seen as a place-making activity, acknowledging the power of young children to create meaning in their world. Drawing on ethnographic data from ongoing research with young children and their families in museums, I present some examples of ways in which young children move during museum visits as a powerful, intentional and communicative practice. Focusing on young children’s perspectives of the museum as a place of primary importance enables us to understand the walking and running of young children in the context of their communicative practices in an embodied, emplaced and experienced world. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14687984
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94744333
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1468798412453730