Children's reception of critical concepts in animated movies

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x211062263 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1329878X2110622

Author(s):

Mania Alehpour ◽

Hamid Abdollahyan

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Sociocultural Theory ◽

Frame Theory ◽

Reception Theory ◽

Kung Fu ◽

Ethnographic Approach ◽

Inside Out

The purpose of this study is to reveal how children interpret animated movies that include critical concepts. The study investigates the mechanism of 20 Iranian children's interpretation aged 9–12 of animations that contain critical concepts and challenging ideas. Participants were interviewed by an ethnographic approach immediately after watching three animated movies, Zootopia, Kung Fu Panda 3, and Inside Out. The collected data were interpreted based on reception theory, sociocultural theory, and frame theory. Three categorizations emerged from the data collected from interviews with children: framegroup, different framegroup, and incomplete framegroup. The variables most influencing children's interpretation of animations were their schemas or frames and the conceptual tools to interpret the animated movies. Some of the results show that the selected animations were not influential enough to change children's schemas and improve their critical thinking. However, if they were equipped with critical conceptual tools, they would grasp and interpret critical concepts featured in the animations.

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Enhancing Children’s Critical and Inquisitive Skills in Culturally Informed Communities of South Africa

Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology ◽

10.31901/24566764.2021/12.1-2.367 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1-2) ◽

Author(s):

Bunmi Isaiah Omodan

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Critical Thinking ◽

Young Children ◽

Participatory Research ◽

Thematic Analysis ◽

Sociocultural Theory ◽

Skill Development ◽

Young Learners ◽

Culturally Informed ◽

Curriculum Restructuring

ABSTRACT Evidence exists that young learners in culturally inclined communities of South Africa lack critical thinking and inquisitive skills. These learners are assumed to be culturally beguiled into believing that it is an abomination to question elders, and those who did so are tagged rabbles. Therefore, this study used the perspectives of community elites to expose the challenges young children/young one’s face in gaining critical and inquisitive skills along with possible solutions. The study is underpinned by Sociocultural Theory within the transformative paradigm. The study was designed using participatory research and unstructured interview to elicit information from the participants. The data collected were analysed using thematic analysis. The study revealed that children/young ones are being demonised as rebels, and stereotyped as uncultured, untrained and disrespectful, hence deprived of skill development. The study recommends organisational advocacy and curriculum restructuring, alongside strong school advocacy and awareness towards children/young ones’ skill development.

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Constructing Literacy Spaces in Low-Income Homes and Communities: A Study of Two Latino First Graders and Their Families

Urban Education ◽

10.1177/0042085916677348 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 61-90

Author(s):

Dinah Volk

Keyword(s):

School District ◽

Low Income ◽

Sociocultural Theory ◽

Research Study ◽

First Graders ◽

Latino Children ◽

Community Settings ◽

Children And Families ◽

Spatial Perspective ◽

Ethnographic Approach

This article describes a research study using an ethnographic approach and sociocultural theory with a spatial perspective to explore the ways that two Latino children, with the mediation of their families, constructed literacy spaces in their homes and communities. The families lived in low-income neighborhoods, and their school district was identified as urban emergent. Challenging the profiling of children, families, and neighborhoods, the article details how the children and families expressed their agency by building on the affordances of their homes, neighborhoods, and city. Implications for practice include foregrounding children’s expertise and creating collaborations between schools and community settings.

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Study on Characteristics of Character’s Attractiveness Feature on ‘Trickster’ :Focused on Animation Movie ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’, ‘Frozen‘, ‘Inside Out‘, ‘Shrek‘, ‘Howl‘s Moving Castle‘

Journal of Integrated Design Research ◽

10.21195/jidr.2016.15.3.010 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 109-119

Author(s):

Soo-Jeoung Kim

Keyword(s):

Kung Fu ◽

Inside Out

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Kontribusi Desain Komunikasi Visual dalam Anti-Hoax System saat Pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia

SALAM Jurnal Sosial dan Budaya Syar i ◽

10.15408/sjsbs.v7i10.15844 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (10) ◽

Author(s):

Marsudi Marsudi ◽

Muchammad Bayu Tejo Sampurno ◽

Condro Wiratmoko ◽

Fera Ratyaningrum

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Visual Communication ◽

False Information ◽

The Public ◽

Visual Communication Design ◽

Communication Design ◽

Ethnographic Approach ◽

Key Points

AbstrakPenelitian ini ingin membahas tentang kecenderungan maraknya hoax saat pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia, dan sebagai tindakan solutif adalah mengeksplorasi kontribusi Desain Komunikasi Visual sebagai anti-hoax system saat pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang dipadukan dengan poin kunci pendekatan etnografi virtual. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) penyebaran informasi palsu atau hoax disebabkan karena kemudahan dalam meneruskan informasi; (2) kemudahan tersebut ironisnya tidak diikuti dengan daya pemikiran kritis yang berlandaskan akademis sehingga informasi palsu dan hoax dapat dengan mudah menyebar di masyarakat; (3) Desain Komunikasi Visual dapat menjadi solusi dengan cara membiasakan calon desainernya untuk berpikiran kritis dan melakukan eksplorasi ide kreatif dalam karyanya dengan berbasis riset; (4) Desainer komunikasi visual mampu memberikan rasa nyaman kepada masyarakat dengan karya yang turut memerhatikan efeknya terhadap psikologis penontonnya.Kata kunci: kontribusi Desain Komunikasi Visual, anti-hoax system, pandemi Covid-19, Indonesia AbstractThis research wants to discuss the tendency of hoaxes to emerge during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, and as a solutive measure is to explore the contribution of Visual Communication Design as an anti-hoax system during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. This study uses qualitative methods combined with key points of the virtual ethnographic approach. The results showed (1) the dissemination of false information or hoaxes caused by the ease in forwarding information; (2) the convenience is ironically not followed by critical thinking power based on academics so that false information and hoaxes can easily spread in the community; (3) Visual Communication Design can be a solution by getting the potential designers to think critically and explore creative ideas in their work with research-based; (4) Visual communication designers are able to provide a sense of comfort to the public with works that also pay attention to their psychological psychological effects.Keywords: contribution of Visual Communication Design, anti-hoax system, Indonesian Covid-19 pandemic

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Kung Fu as critical thinking: An ethnographic analysis

Journal of Philosophy in Schools ◽

10.21913/jps.v2i1.1102 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Olivier Habimana ◽

Amy Stambach

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Interview Data ◽

Alternative View ◽

Student Centered ◽

Kung Fu ◽

The University ◽

Ethnographic Analysis

This paper offers an alternative view of critical thinking beyond that which stresses student-centered instruction. It draws on participant-observation and interview data collected from a Kung Fu course held at the University of Rwanda to highlight how students use Kung Fu to make decisions in other domains of their lives. Analysis suggests that direct instructional modes facilitate students’ independent reasoning and their approaches to problem solving. In exploring how Rwandan students apply Kung Fu, the paper questions whether critical thinking and student-centered activities necessarily go hand-in-hand.

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