Making tutorial films on picturebooks

Project summary

This project will discuss learning outcomes from a teaching unit in a 15 ECT course aimed at 50 primary school teachers upgrading their competences within the school subject Norwegian. Our presentation will be framed by this research question: How can students’ literary, didactic and digital competences be enhanced in a process of making tutorial films?

As part of a teaching unit on picturebooks, the students were introduced to an assignment designed for groups of four with the task of making short tutorial films (max 10 min.) on a selected picturebook. The assignment instructions emphasized that the films should incorporate knowledge about picture book theory and relate to relevant competence aims in the curricula for the subject Norwegian in primary school, grade 1-4 (age 6-10).

Our research material consists of the films made by the student groups and of individual log reports submitted by the end of the project. Methodologically, our examinations of this material will be conducted by qualitative research methods and based on ethical standards of this kind of research.

In order to discuss the students’ learning outcomes, our theoretical approaches will include theories of picturebooks and literature didactics, multimodal and digital competence studies, and perspectives on dialogic learning and teaching practices.

Method

Our research material consists of the films made by the student groups and of individual log reports submitted by the end of the project. Methodologically, our examinations of this material will be conducted by qualitative research methods and based on ethical standards of this kind of research.

In order to discuss the students’ learning outcomes, our theoretical approaches will include theories of picturebooks and literature didactics, multimodal and digital competence studies, and perspectives on dialogic learning and teaching practices.