Elementary Language Education in Digital Literacy

By: Simeon, Everistus

Elementary educators are steeped in multimodal practices, which are foundational to early childhood education (ECE). The tried and true routes for developing children's sensory capacities and communicative repertoire are informed by early twentieth century theories of human development that argue for socially engaged, hands-on learning. Consider the child's multisensory engagement in activities such as tracing a sandpaper alphabet, finger painting, playing with puppets, choral singing, and rhythmic clapping. ECE invites embodied learning through play in the service of language development and alphabetic awareness. Kindergarten is a paradigm of multimodal learning. However, as Robinson (2006) stresses, embodied learning experiences are educationally constricted as children progress toward independence in abstract learning. He posits a universally evident hierarchy of subjects in schools, stemming from the needs of the nineteenth century industrialization that prioritize mathematics and language and relegate least importance to fine and performing arts, commenting, "truthfully what happens is as children grow up we start to educate them progressively from the waist up.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09XZH8BW7
• ISBN13: 9798444557150
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"