scholarly journals Analysing Multimodal Texts in Science—a Social Semiotic Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Wanselin ◽  
Kristina Danielsson ◽  
Susanne Wikman
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Multimodal Texts ◽  
Semiotic Resources ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Semiotic Perspective ◽  
Analytical Tools

AbstractTeaching and learning in science disciplines are dependent on multimodal communication. Earlier research implies that students may be challenged when trying to interpret and use different semiotic resources. There have been calls for extensive frameworks that enable analysis of multimodal texts in science education. In this study, we combine analytical tools deriving from social semiotics, including systemic functional linguistics (SFL), where the ideational, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions are central. In regard to other modes than writing—and to analyse how textual resources are combined—we build on aspects highlighted in research on multimodality. The aim of this study is to uncover how such a framework can provide researchers and teachers with insights into the ways in which various aspects of the content in multimodal texts are communicated through different semiotic resources. Furthermore, we aim to explore how different text resources interact and, finally, how the students, or authors of teaching resources, position themselves in relation to the subject. Data consist of one student text and one teaching resource text, both comprising drawn and written elements in combination with symbols. Our analyses of the student text suggest that the proposed framework can provide insights into students’ content knowledge and, hence, how construction of multimodal texts may be a useful tool for formative assessment. When it comes to teaching resources, the framework may be a useful tool for teachers when choosing resources, particularly in relation to students’ possibilities of meaning making when engaging with such texts, but also, as a basis for classroom discussions.

scholarly journals Using systemic functional linguistics to explore digital technologies in educational contexts

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (4-5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Coffin
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Systemic Functional Linguistics ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Functional Linguistics ◽  
Online Discussion Forums ◽  
Semiotic Resources ◽  
Fresh Perspective ◽  
Educational Argumentation

AbstractOver the last decade, technological innovation has led to new pedagogic sites, such as online discussion forums and virtual 3D worlds. In these sites students and teachers use language and other meaning-making resources to engage in educational argumentation. However, there have been few studies which have systematically explored the role of lexicogrammatical and other semiotic resources in the making of meaning in these contexts. This is because the main body of research underpinning claims around the affordances and limits of online argumentation is located within sociocognitive paradigms. By drawing on the tools of systemic functional linguistics and, where relevant, systemic functional-multimodal analysis, this article therefore offers a fresh perspective. I show how such tools can illuminate both the overarching textual shape and structure of online discussion forums and the ways in which meanings are made through language and other semiotic resources.

Multimodality, literacy and texts: Developing a discourse

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eve Bearne
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Multimodal Texts ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Semiotic Resources

This article argues for the development of a framework through which to describe children's multimodal texts. Such a shared discourse should be capable of including different modes and media and the ways in which children integrate and combine them for their own meaning-making purposes. It should also acknowledge that multimodal texts are not always or only screen-based. In addition, it is argued that current definitions of literacy do not readily answer to the variety of semiotic resources deployed in the design of multimodal texts. In revisiting the author's previous tentative thoughts about `the rhetoric of design' the article develops this theme further through offering a possible framework and using this to analyse three different types of multimodal texts created by seven-year-old children. The framework is, however, a `work in progress', which it is hoped, will open up debate.

scholarly journals Teaching history: A discussion of contemporary challenges

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Bruno-Jofré ◽  
Martin Schiralli
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Historical Thinking ◽  
Transformative Education ◽  
History Teachers ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Faculties Of Education

The authors argue that intellectual shifts and related ideological debates have set new pedagogical demands on history teachers and new programmatic demands on faculties of education. In an attempt to relate the relevance of generating historical thinking (motivating the students to think like historians) to transformative education, the authors outline an history inquiry model based on Dewey’s educational theory. In this model, content knowledge and mastery of the subject matter is as critical as an understanding of teaching and learning history. The paper addresses the challenges set by a dominant relativist self-referential slant, the teaching of history in a multicultural class, and the tendency, in particular in social studies classes, to fall into presentism.

scholarly journals The Benefits of Adopting a Problem-Based Learning Approach on Students’ Learning Developments in Secondary Geography Lessons

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Iqbal Mohd Caesar ◽  
Rosmawijah Jawawi ◽  
Rohani Matzin ◽  
Masitah Shahrill ◽  
Jainatul Halida Jaidin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Careful Planning ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Subject

<p class="apa">Problem-based learning (PBL) provides an appealing framework for teaching and learning not only within the subject of geography but also across other disciplines. It promotes a healthy environment for active learning with its diverse sets of activities, helping students carry out investigative inquiry in the learning processes. This study examines the potential benefits of adopting a PBL approach in teaching and learning in secondary geography classrooms. It takes into account the inputs needed from both teacher and students in determining the success of the approach implementation. The study shows how, through careful planning and preparation, PBL activities can effectively enhance students’ engagements and improve their grasp of geographical content knowledge. However, the teacher’s shortcomings in performing the role of facilitator did highlight a limitation for the research, which hindered the success of the implementation. Future research should continue to actively examine experiences from teachers in PBL applications, discussing the circumstances to identify the conditions necessary for successful implementation of PBL within a variety of contexts.</p>

scholarly journals CHEMISTRY TEACHING WITH TEACHING RESOURCES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL - A CASE STUDY

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (27) ◽  
pp. 162-169
Author(s):  
Amanda Fagundes de Souza ASSIS ◽  
Maria Dulcimar de Brito SILVA ◽  
Nathaliany do Socorro Silva RIBEIRO
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Alternative Teaching ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of

Teaching and learning science are major challenges that require media as facilitators for their understanding and view of the world, within this framework, it is the chemistry. The present study aimed to verify as the use of didactic resources for the performance in science teaching using a dynamic relationship of content. The methodology consisted of a field research, the qualitative divided into four stages, being employed lectures to explore the theme linking the practice and theory, using educational tools (experimentation, electronic game alternate) as sources for data analysis. Before the application, it was observed that after the trial the majority of students felt difficulty in combining theory with practice, on the basis of this difficulty it was noted that 50% consider experimenting a way supportive for the understanding of the subject, as well as provide discussions and dialogs (25%), and demonstrate chemical reactions (25%). The application of the game alternative teaching allowed students with a sense of knowledge in chemical life by promoting the development of a critical vision of the world. It was concluded that, for a student-teacher relationship-discipline is necessary to perform various steps, since the prior knowledge, the arguments, the inquiries, analysis of responses, to then carry out the explanation of the subject together with the use of didactic resources.

scholarly journals Social semiotic genre: exploring the interplay of words and images in advertising

2022 ◽  
pp. 29-51
Author(s):  
Taofeek Olaiwola Dalamu
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Communicative Acts ◽  
Semiotic Resources ◽  
Words And Images ◽  
Semiotic Perspective

This study examined the interplay of pictorial and written modes that position advertising as a multimodal genre, explainable through a social semiotic perspective. Eight advertisements of the financial, telecommunications, and beverage products functioned as devices of analysis. Nevertheless, multimodal communicative acts served as the processing tool, elucidating the meaning potentials of the advertising configurations. Having deployed a system of multimodal interacts, tables and graphs assisted in accounting for the frequency of the semiotic resources of the written modes. The analysis indicated large and highlighted fonts (Celebrating the world’s no. 1 fixer), repetitions (Guinness, Maltina, real deal), and deviant constructs (EazyLoans, GTWorld) as elements of propagating intended messages. The deployment of codes (*966*11#, 737) and fragmented clauses (Over N100 million worth of airtime) played some roles in the meaning-making operations. Of significance is the Guinness’ conceptual “digits” of 17:59, contextualising the year, time, and channel of promotional benefits. Though questions (Have you called mum today?), offer (It can be), and minor clauses (Welcome to Guinness time) were parts of the communicative systems, statements (Terms and condition apply) and commands (Enjoy the complete richness of Maltina) dominated the entire dialogues. One might suggest that communicators should endeavour to deploy apt constructions and create eye-lines between participants as means of sensitising readers into consumption.

Alignment

2016 ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Pier Giuseppe Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Enactive Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Subject

The subject of alignment is not new to the world of education. Today however, it has come to mean different things and to have a heuristic value in education according to research in different areas, not least for neuroscience, and to attention to skills and to the alternation framework.This paper, after looking at the classic references that already attributed an important role to alignment in education processes, looks at the strategic role of alignment in the current context, outlining the shared construction processes and focusing on some of the ways in which this is put into effect.Alignment is part of a participatory, enactive approach that gives a central role to the interaction between teaching and learning, avoiding the limits of behaviourism, which has a greater bias towards teaching, and cognitivism/constructivism, which focus their attention on learning and in any case, on that which separates a teacher preparing the environment and a student working in it.

IMPROVE THE INTERETATION OF STUDY SUBJECTS PANCASILA AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION BY APPLYING KONSTEXTUAL LEARNING MODEL BERBASIS A TASK IN CLASS INFORMATICS XI SMK BINA ECLECTUS ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

EDUKASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasanudin S. Usman
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Applied Learning ◽  
Know How ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of this research is to know how to incerease the students’ learning achievement that has been applied learning contextual task-based learning model and to know the influence of contextual learning in  the task-based teaching model to improve achievemen and motivation to learn the material pe civis lesson.   This research is an action research by theree rounds. Each round consists of four phases. Design activities are observation, and revesion. The subject of the research is XI grade students of Bina Informatika Ternate accademic year 2015/2016. Data obtained in the form of a formative test results, observation sheet teaching and learning activities. The results of the research showed that students’ achivement increased from round I to III that the round 1, (70.00 % ), (92,50 %)  3 cycles, conclusions of this research is the method of cooperatif learning can be a positive influence on students motivation and achievement in material udaya politics in Indonesia. It means that this model can be used as one of the alternative learning for Pkn.            Kata  kunci: PKn, cooperative learning method

PENERAPAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN INQUIRY DENGAN PENDEKATAN CTL (CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA SISWA KELAS VIII-D SMPN 4 TAMBANG

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Zulkifli Zulkifli
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Algebraic Form ◽  
Student Activity ◽  
Average Value ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Improve Student Learning

This research is based on the low learning outcome of mathematics students of grade VIII SMPN 4 Tambang.The purpose of this research is to improve the learning outcomes of mathematics through the application ofinquiry learning with CTL approach. This research was conducted in SMPN 4 Tambang with subject of classVIII-D students with 29 students. This classroom action research was started in early January 2017. Theresearch instrument consists of a teacher and student activity sheet instrument and a test of learning outcomes.Based on the results of research and discussion can be concluded that the strategy of inquiry learning with CTLapproach can improve student learning outcomes of mathematics on the subject matter of algebraic form inclass VIII-D SMPN 4 Tambang. On the basic score the number of students who reached the KKM as many as 14people (48.28%) with an average score of 58.79. In cycle I the number of students who reach the KKM of 19people (65.52%) with an average value of 65.69%. In cycle II the number reaching KKM is 25 people (86.21%).

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