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SUMMARY:Children reading iconotexts across cultures - Eva Maagerø (Profes
 sor\, Vestfold University College)\, Elise Seip Tønnessen (Professor\,Uni
 versity of Agder)\, Adela Baird (Researcher Emeritus)\,Janet Laugharne  (P
 rofessor\, UWIC)
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:This project is a collaboration between researchers in Norway 
 and the UK on children’s reading across these two cultures. It examines 
 picturebooks as iconotexts and children’s responses to these in words an
 d pictures. The research draws on a range of theoretical viewpoints in chi
 ldren’s literature and literacy education\, including the work of Wagner
  (1997)\, Nikolajeva and Scott (2001)\, Nikolajeva (2008)\, Kress (2003) a
 nd Arizpe and Styles (2003)  \n\nOur main research question is: how do chi
 ldren from different cultures interpret the iconotext of contemporary pict
 ure books? \nThe two texts selected for the research are relatively modern
  picture books\, Svein Nyhus: Pappa\; 1998 and Rachel Bright: What does Da
 ddy do?\; 2009. Twenty-four 7 year old children (12 from each country) par
 ticipated. In Norway\, meetings took place in after-school clubs and in th
 e UK in out-of-classroom locations during school time.  The children had t
 wo encounters with each book\, with the locally published book being used 
 first. \nThe seminar presents some of our initial findings.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ\, room 
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