Fostering Creative and Critical Literacy Skills in Children’s Multimodal Literacy Practices

  • Emre Debreli European University of Lefke
  • Fatma Aslanturk Altıntuğ University of Lefke

Abstract

It is a widely known fact that children today are extensively exposed to digital and multimodal literacies. Such exposure to digital and multimodal literacies requires child learners‘ adaptation to semiotic resources, especially in formal settings such as classrooms. By linking the importance of children‘s adaptation to semiotic resources to the development of critical thinking or literacy skills, this review paper highlights the crucial role of achieving critical literacy skills or developing critical thinking skills, and suggests ways of improving pre-school curricula by drawing on the related literature. The paper also focuses on the idea of creativity, as well as notions of  'little c creativity' and 'possibility thinking', and makes suggestions on how these skills can be fostered and nurtured in pre-school contexts. Moreover, the paper explores how critical literacy skills can be enhanced through multimodal literacy practices and suggests possible classroom practices and tasks.

Author Biographies

Emre Debreli, European University of Lefke

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emre Debreli

Director of the English Preparatory School
Chairperson of the ELT Department

Fatma Aslanturk Altıntuğ, University of Lefke

Senior Lecturer, ELT Department, European University of Lefke

Published
2017-07-31
How to Cite
DEBRELI, Emre; ALTINTUĞ, Fatma Aslanturk. Fostering Creative and Critical Literacy Skills in Children’s Multimodal Literacy Practices. Başkent University Journal of Education, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 2, p. 99-107, july 2017. ISSN 2148-3272. Available at: <http://buje.baskent.edu.tr/index.php/buje/article/view/78>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024.
Section
Makaleler / Articles