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Creating Maths Picturebooks and Animated Films as Interdisciplinary Practice

The chapter presents an interdisciplinary project The Maths Picturebook – Artistic and Literary Activities as an Encouragement to Young Learners (MASLIK), which combines maths, literacy and art in an educational context. The project is conducted at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, by a group of researchers, experts in various disciplines, i.e. mathematics education, art education, literature, media and picturebook theory. The project involves students of pre-primary and primary education who produce interdisciplinary and multimodal materials for young children which facilitate the understanding and learning of basic mathematical concepts and enhance their literacy skills, including visual literacy and media literacy. Young learners are the final beneficiaries of the project. The educational approach is holistic. Students design and produce picturebooks and animated movies which are appropriate for young learners, and which invite further creative activities. The student teachers also gain the needed educational competences to create similar artefacts with their future pupils. Two picturebooks and several animated movies are presented as the immediate outcomes of the MASLIK project.

maths concepts ; young learners ; picturebooks ; animated movies ; literacy ; visual literacy ; holistic approach

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