S There has been a call for approaches that connect science learning with literacy, yet the use of, and research on, children's literature information books in science instruction has been quite limited. Because the discipline of science involves distinctive generic linguistic registers, what information books should be integrated in science curriculum is a significant concern. Thus, in order to explore the role of the information book genre for use in science instruction in the primary grades, this article reports on a social‐semiotic analysis of a corpus of picture information books written by children's literature authors to explicate the characteristic aspects of this genre, namely, the recurring linguistic patterns of typical texts of the genre. However, as social acts, genre is also very generative and dynamic, giving rise to atypical instances of the genre. Many texts in the corpus that were analyzed represent these atypical or hybrid forms, which include some of the elements or features found in typical texts, but also realize linguistic resources from other genres. Thus, this article gives an account of the range of both typical and atypical texts and discusses future research issues regarding the use of information books in integrated science literacy instruction. Si bien ha existido una convocatoria de propuestas que conecten el aprendizaje de la ciencia y la alfabetización, el uso y la investigación de los libros de enseñanza de la ciencia para niños han sido algo limitados. Dado que la disciplina científica implica registros de distintos géneros lingüísticos, qué libros de ciencia deberían integrarse en el currículo de ciencia es una preocupación significativa. Por lo tanto, a fin de explorar el papel del género informativo en la enseñanza de la ciencia en los primeros grados, este artículo informa acerca del análisis socio‐semiótico de un corpus de libros informativos de ilustraciones escritos por autores de literatura infantil. Se trata de explicar los aspectos característicos de este género, en particular, los patrones lingüísticos recurrentes de los textos típicos del género. Sin embargo, así como los actos sociales, el género también es muy generativo y dinámico y da lugar a instancias atípicas. Muchos de los textos del corpus analizado representan estas formas atípicas o híbridas, que incluyen algunos elementos o rasgos propios de los textos típicos, pero además usan recursos lingüísticos de otros géneros. Por lo tanto, este artículo da cuenta del rango de textos tanto típicos como atípicos y discute futuros temas de investigación vinculados al uso de libros informativos en la enseñanza integrada de la alfabetización y el aprendizaje de la ciencia. Ständig bestand ein Ruf nach Anpassungen, um naturwissenschaftliches Lernen mit den Schreib‐ und Lesefertigkeiten zu verbinden, dennoch blieb die Verwendung und die wissenschaftliche Untersuchung von Informationsbüchern der Kinderliteratur im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht sehr begrenzt. Da der naturwissenschaftliche Fachbereich linguisti...
This paper involves a consideration of the validity of the common assumption in literacy development that narrative or story is somehow primary-that children's abilities to understand and compose stories precede their capabilities to understand and use non-story, informational written language. An examination of kindergarteners' repeated pretend readings of two stories and two information books was made to gain insights into their strategies in dealing with the distinctive textual properties of the two genres. Two features were specifically addressed: (a) their use of co-referentiality of stories versus the co-classification aspects of information books, and (b) their acquisition of lexical items in the two genres. These analyses indicated that children were just as successful in reenacting the information books as they were the stories. Based on these findings, as well as children's preferences for the information books over the stories, it is argued that our unexamined, unacknowledged narrative as primary ideology needs to be reevaluated.
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