‘If you have the freedom, you don’t need to even think hard’ – considerations in designing for student agency through digital multimodal composing in the language classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21590184 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fei Victor Lim (0000-0003-3046-1011, Nanyang Technological University, corresponding author), Thi Thu Ha Nguyen (0000-0001-6392-4399, Nanyang Technological University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 409-427 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0782 • E-ISSN: 1747-7581 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09500782.2022.2107875 |
| OpenAlex | W4295154693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 51 |
We report on a study in which two primary school English Language teachers work with researchers to co-design a series of lessons to enhance student agency. ‘Tinkering’ through digital multimodal composing is used as a pedagogical approach. We reflect on the issues in balancing the student’s agency with the teacher’s role. Our study is guided by questions on how we can design for student agency through digital multimodal composing and what the considerations to design for student agency are. Our findings suggest that while tinkering offers a useful set of features for the design of a more student-centric English Language classroom, two important considerations need to be taken into account. The first relates to the extent in which the student can make choices; the second relates to the extent of the teacher’s guidance in scaffolding the process of digital multimodal composing
Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Computer Science · Education and Technology Integration · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology
Challenges and affordances in digital spaces
Developing and evaluating a translanguaging-multiliteracies learning design (LDTMP) for student agency in a college English course in China
Adolescents’ critical, multimodal analysis of social media self-representation
Multimodal composing in the English classroom
Assessing multiliteracies
Videoed storytelling in primary education EFL
Introducing Social Semiotics
The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Multimodality
The Promise of the Maker Movement for Education
Locating the Semiotic Power of Multimodality
The role of beliefs in teacher agency
Multimodal codemeshing
A Metalanguage for Learning
Children’s digital multimodal composing
Assessing digital multimodal composing in second language writing
English language teaching of attitude and emotion in digital multimodal composition
Critical Multimodal Studies of Popular Discourse
Hands On, Hands Off
Expanding Perspectives for Comprehending Visual Images in Multimodal Texts
From Print to Critical Multimedia Literacy
IP ad Animations
Emergent Bilingual Students and Digital Multimodal Composition
Social Cognitive Theory
Multiliteracies in Practice
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |