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Senses together : Multimodal literacy learning in primary education : Final project report
Mills, Kathy Heck, Elizabeth Brown, Alinta Funnell, Patricia Friend, Lesley
Mills, Kathy
Heck, Elizabeth
Brown, Alinta
Funnell, Patricia
Friend, Lesley
Abstract
Literacy studies have traditionally focussed on the seen. The other senses are typically under-recognised in literacy studies and research, where the visual sense has been previously prioritised. However, spoken and written language, images, gestures, touch, movement, and sound are part of everyday literacy practices. Communication is no longer focussed on visual texts but is a multisensory experience.
Effective communication depends then on sensory orchestration, which unifies the body and its senses. Understanding sensory orchestration is crucial to literacy learning in the 21st century where the combination of multisensory practices is both digital and multimodal.
Unfortunately, while multimodal literacy has become an increasing focus in school curriculum, research has still largely remained focussed on the visual. The Sensory Orchestration for Multimodal Literacy Learning in Primary Education project, led by ARC Future Fellow Professor Kathy Mills, sought to address this research deficit.
In addressing this gap, the project built an evidence base for understanding how students become critical users of sensory techniques to communicate through digital, virtual, and augmented-reality texts. The project has contributed to the development of new multimodal literacy programs and a next-generation approach to multimodality through the utilisation of innovative sensorial education programs in various educational environments including primary schools, digital labs, and art museums.
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2023
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Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE)
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Institute for Learning Sciences & Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane Campus Level 4, 229 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane CBD, Queensland, AUSTRALIA, 4000. GPO Box 2587, Brisbane, QLD, 4001.
Copyright © 2023 Mills, K. A., Heck, E., Brown, A., & Funnell, P.
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Senses together – multimodal literacy learning in primary education, Kathy, A. Mills, Elizabeth Heck, Alinta Brown and Patricia Funnell.