Constructing and Using Multimodal Narratives to Research in Science Education: ...

• Author(s): Lopes, Joaquim ; Silva, António ; Cravino, José ; Santos, Carla ; Cunha, Ana ; Pinto, José ; Silva, Adília ; Viegas, Clara ; Saraiva, Maria ; Branco, Maria
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/3514
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Multimodal narrative; Data collection; Comparability; Classroom practices; Teaching practices; Classroom research
• Document Type: Article

Description

This study deals with the problem of how to collect genuine and useful data about science classroom practices, and preserving the complex and holistic nature of teaching and learning. Additionally, we were looking for an instrument that would allow comparability and verifiability for teaching and research purposes. Given the multimodality of teaching and learning processes, we developed the multimodal narrative (MN), which describes what happens during a task and incorporates data such as examples of students’ work.