The purpose of this study was to observe how young children– infants between 4-11 months – respond to early literacy programs and establish if they are given the opportunity to show and express their feelings of experiencing a shared moment with other children and adults; this considered to be most important for their literacy development. Can one assert that they feel involved in the library and in the program? The study also wants to find out if it is possible to say that the infants feel a sensation of empowerment as a result of their participating, and how they, in that case, show it. To find out, five observations were accomplished in a library setting with rhymes and songs for infants and toddlers. As a complement, a group interview was conducted with five care-givers who accompanied their little ones at the program. Lloyd's and Olsson's (2017) theoretical frame of embodiment and embodied practices has been used, and also Stern's (1985) theory of the child's subject self. A qualitative analysis was made of the transcript of the interview, with the purpose of establishing certain themes and patterns as a method to understand if the adults could relate to the concepts. The results show that the children in a very corporeal way participated in the programs and showed their feelings of empowerment in obvious ways, and that the adults were aware of the importance of the body and corporeal activity asa working base for establishing early literacy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-22216 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Kamne, Yvonne |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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