Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times
During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools transitioned to online learning. Utilizing sociomaterial assemblages and visual methods alongside interviews to prompt children’s voices, we collected drawings from primary students at two Eastern Canadian schools to achieve a multimodal understanding of childr...
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Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada
2023-02-01
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools transitioned to online learning. Utilizing sociomaterial assemblages and visual methods alongside interviews to prompt children’s voices, we collected drawings from primary students at two Eastern Canadian schools to achieve a multimodal understanding of children’s online learning experiences. Younger children’s drawings reflected the issues with technology and lack of socialization, while older children’s depicted their enjoyment with online learning with the agency afforded by learning from home. We found that pedagogical creativity and innovation were essential to successful online learning. This research demonstrates the efficacy of a sociomaterial perspective on children’s drawings for eliciting children’s agentic voices.
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| spelling | doaj.art-42c9aed713164e47a8e076fd02c95e162023-02-16T02:50:11ZengLanguage and Literacy Researchers of CanadaLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal1496-09742023-02-0125110.20360/langandlit29656Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times Anne Burke0Memorial University of Newfoundland During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools transitioned to online learning. Utilizing sociomaterial assemblages and visual methods alongside interviews to prompt children’s voices, we collected drawings from primary students at two Eastern Canadian schools to achieve a multimodal understanding of children’s online learning experiences. Younger children’s drawings reflected the issues with technology and lack of socialization, while older children’s depicted their enjoyment with online learning with the agency afforded by learning from home. We found that pedagogical creativity and innovation were essential to successful online learning. This research demonstrates the efficacy of a sociomaterial perspective on children’s drawings for eliciting children’s agentic voices. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/29656children's drawingschildren's voiceonline learningsociomaterial literacies |
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| title | Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times |
| title_full | Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times |
| title_short | Understanding Children’s Drawings as Sociomaterial Assemblages of Voice during Pandemic Times |
| title_sort | understanding children s drawings as sociomaterial assemblages of voice during pandemic times |
| topic | children's drawings children's voice online learning sociomaterial literacies |
| url | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/29656 |
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