Overview

Despite being a source of continuing interest to educational scholars, research into the literary understanding of elementary school students has emphasized written materials over multimodal mediums such as picturebooks. Focusing on students in Grades one and five, this book describes children's interpretations of and responses to a variety of contemporary picturebooks, specifically those books that employ Radical Change characteristics and metafictive devices. In dealing with picturebooks, Sylvia Pantaleo seeks to show the ways in which literature teaches artistic codes and conventions, critical thinking skills, visual literacy skills, and interpretative strategies. Aside from investigating specific picturebooks, Pantaleo discusses the broader implications of reading, viewing, and creating print and digital texts in schools. These exercises, she argues, reflect the changing nature of communication and representation in the world of elementary school students. Incorporating postmodernism, social constructivism, and other theoretical frameworks, Pantaleo contextualizes her research and examines ways in which literature highlights broader social and cultural characteristics. An extensively researched look at the pedagogical value of literature in the classroom, this book introduces new dimensions to discussions of contemporary picturebooks in elementary education and the social nature of intertextuality.

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Author:   Sylvia Pantaleo
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781442610958

ISBN 10:   1442610956
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   14 October 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Exploring Student Response to Contemporary Picturebooks 1 Contextualizing Contemporary Picturebooks and Response to Literature Text and Image in Picturebooks Contemporary Picturebooks, Postmodernism, Metafiction and Radical Change Metafiction Metafictive Devices in The Three Pigs Radical Change Type One Radical Change - Changing Forms and Formats Graphics in New Forms and Formats Words and Pictures Reaching New Levels of Synergy Nonlinear and Nonsequential Organization and Format Multiple Layers of Meaning Interactive Formats Type Two Radical Change - Changing Perspectives Multiple Perspectives, Visual and Verbal Type Three Radical Change - Changing Boundaries Unresolved Endings Response to Literature Interthinking and the Social Nature of Response Reading Aloud to Children, Student Discussions, and Teacher Influence The Social Nature of Intertextuality 2 Grade 1 Children, Three Porcines, and Four Voices Research Site and Participants Year One Year Two Research Methods Year One Year Two Data Analysis Year One Year Two The Three Pigs Radical Change Characteristics Type One Radical Change - Changing Forms and Formats Graphics in New Forms and Formats Words and Pictures Reaching New Levels of Synergy Nonlinear and Nonsequential Organization and Format Multiple Layers of Meaning Interactive Formats Type Two Radical Change - Changing Perspectives Multiple Perspectives, Visual and Verbal David Wiesner Fans Voices in the Park Radical Change Characteristics Type One Radical Change - Changing Forms and Formats Graphics in New Forms and Formats Words and Pictures Reaching New Levels of Synergy Nonlinear and Nonsequential Organization and Format Multiple Layers of Meaning Interactive Formats Type Two Radical Change - Changing Perspectives Multiple Perspectives, Visual and Verbal Type Three Radical Change - Changing Boundaries Unresolved Endings Student Appreciation Concluding Thoughts 3 Grade 1 Children, A Dreamer, Airborne Amphibians, and a Shortcut Willy the Dreamer Intertextuality Metafictive Devices Tuesday Parody Visual Parodies in Tuesday Parody and the Young Reader Shortcut Metafictive Devices in Shortcut Metafiction and the Child Reader Using Talk as a Tool to Think Collectively 4 Grade 5 Students Reading Literature with Radical Change Characteristics Research Site and Participants Year Three Year Four Research Methods Year Three Year Four Data Analysis Small Group Discussions, Written Responses, and Student Interviews Student Interviews About the Picturebooks Year Three, Class 5A Year Four, Class 5B Year Four, Class 5C Zoom and Re-zoom Data Collection and Analysis Students' Written Responses Small Group Discussions Discussion of Students' Written and Oral Responses A Trio of Swines A Collection of Fractured Fairy Tales Falling into a Book of Fairy Tales 'Seeing Things,' 'Udder Chaos,' 'Problem Parents' and 'A Waiting Game' Private Lessons 5 Grade 5 Students Writing Texts with Radical Change Characteristics The Reader in the Writer Eddie: Profile The Three Weird Pigs and Other Awkward Stories Intertextualities Radical Change Characteristics Eddie's Analysis My Analysis Jenatine: Profile Red, Blue and Yellow Intertextualities Radical Change Characteristics Alyssa's Analysis My Analysis Bert: Profile The Three Little Spoons and the Big Bad Cow Intertextualities Radical Change Characteristics Bert's Analysis My Analysis Overall Analysis of the Grade 5 Students' Stories/Books Type One Radical Change - Changing Forms and Formats Graphics in New Forms and Formats Words and Pictures Reaching New Levels of Synergy Nonlinear and Nonsequential Organization and Format Multiple Layers of Meaning Interactive Formats Type Two Radical Change - Changing Perspectives Multiple Perspectives, Visual and Verbal Type Three Radical Change - Changing Boundaries Unresolved Endings Group and Gender Similarities and Differences The Intertextual Nature of Texts and the Classroom Community 6 Contemporary Picturebooks and Collateral Learning Contextualizing Narrative Structures Collateral Learning Appendix A: List of Metafictive Devices Appendix B: A Sample of Picture Books Exhibiting Radical Change Characteristics and/or Metafictive Devices Appendix C: Picturebook and Novel Annotations Appendix D: Favourite Picturebooks of 5A Students Appendix E: Favourite Picturebooks of 5B Students Appendix F: Favourite Picturebooks of 5C Students Appendix G: Picturebooks 5A Students Found Challenging Appendix H: Picturebooks 5B Students Found Challenging Appendix I: Picturebooks 5C Students Found Challenging Appendix J: Radical Change Characteristics in Five Students' Stories/Books Appendix K: Overall Analysis of Grade 5 Students Stories/Books References Children's Literature References

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<p>'Sylvia Pantaleo is incredibly well versed in multiple intersecting literatures including literary theory, children's literature, as well as language and literacy pedagogy and curriculum. Exploring Student Response to Contemporary Picturebooks is a pleasure to read and its methodology is solid and significant. For these reasons, the book has the potential to become a classic.' -- Rachel Heydon, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario

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Sylvia Pantaleo is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria.

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