Emerging role of media as the language art in children's literature in Kenya
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Date
2012-01
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University of Zululand
Abstract
The growing need to understand a Kenyan child in learning situations today indeed broadens our quest to understand
literacy and related text forms associated with information and multimedia technologies. Media today constitute
socialization avenues for children in the contemporary society. They play a relation in family and school life for children
regarding children’s socialization and cultural transformation. Therefore there is a need to harness the benefits of the 21st
century information technologies in children’s learning. The paper’s main concern is on media’s symbolic meaning
involving interpretation, negotiations and making compromises for potential meaning of representational forms. Firstly it
recognizes how media have meshed into contemporary society. Therefore we are pedagogically faced with presentation
problems in children’s literature where African values, beliefs and codes of behaviour can be inculcated. Secondly it argues
that children’s literature calls for a rethinking, such that it is made ‘integrative’ and new media such as television, videos,
and internet use are
Description
Peer reviewed article published under Inkanyiso, Volume 4, Issue 1, Jan 2012, p. 25 - 36
Keywords
Pedagogy, Literacy Skills, Multimedia technology, Media, Children's Education
Citation
Agalo, J., 2012. Emerging role of media as the language art in children’s literature in Kenya. Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1), pp.25-36.