Bridging Pedagogies: Drama,Multiliteracies, and the Zone of Proximal Development |
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| Authors: | Leonora Macy |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Elementary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadalmacy@ualberta.ca |
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| Abstract: | This article examines how one educator embraced Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) while using drama to scaffold learning about Dr. Seuss's The Lorax for first-grade students. This learning event is interpreted with reference to the ZPD and the New London Group's pedagogy of -multiliteracies. The author asserts the importance of considering both old and new pedagogical -theories when approaching present practice. |
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| Keywords: | drama elementary education language arts New London Group process drama reading/emerging literacy Vygotsky zone of proximal development |
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