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We support families and educational professionals in shared reading in different languages and develop digital picture books in German Sign Language (DGS), German and other spoken languages.
Goals
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- promotes language acquisition through shared reading in everyday life, early intervention, kindergarten and school,
- pays special attention to the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and children with a migration background,
- develops digital picture books in German Sign Language, German and other spoken languages
- and provides digital and hybrid training programs for parents and pedagogical professionals, which can be combined with the digital picture books to develop a child’s language.
This project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research under grant number 01JM2205B. The responsibility for the content of this publication/website lies with the authors.
Work packages
The project „Reading Digital: Inclusive language education with multilingual digital picture books in spoken languages and sign languages“ includes three work packages.
Work package I
We are surveying the need for shared reading among parents and pedagogical professionals in early interventions, kindergartens and schools.
Methods
Mixed methods: online-based questionnaire survey and qualitative individual interviews with parents and pedagogical professionals.
Participatory research approach: Cooperation with two scientific advisory boards consisting of parents, pedagogical professionals and representatives of school administrations to develop the survey instruments and recruit participants.
Work package II
We are developing
- digital picture books in German Sign Language, German and other spoken languages for different age groups,
- digital aids and tips for promoting German sign language and German during shared reading, and
- training and digital tutorials on shared reading for parents and pedagogical professionals.
Methods
Review website usability through participatory research approach with focus groups.
Work package III
We are evaluating the usability and effectiveness of our digital picture books and the training program for parents and pedagogical professionals. The last step would be the publication of the results on a freely available website.
Methods
Mixed Methods: pretest-posttest design with a quantitative online-based questionnaire, qualitative evaluation journals and focus group/individual interviews with parents and pedagogical professionals.
Time Schedule
Project started
Preparation of survey
Survey of parents and pedagogical professionals:
1) online-based questionnaire,
2) interviews
Creation of a beta version of the website with exemplary content
Development of digital picture books and tutorials / trainings
Testing and evaluating our digital picture books and tutorials / trainings with parents and pedagogical professionals
Revisional work
Full publication of the website
Project ends
Work to date
19 May 2023
Online survey started.
11 February 2023
Scientific advisory board met in Stegen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany).
27 January 2023
The scientific advisory board met in Berlin.
29 November 2022
Kick-off events in Stegen (Germany)
28 November 2022
Kick-off events in Berlin
01 October 2022
Project started.
Team
Our interdisciplinary team is composed of experts (deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing) from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Project Management
Prof.in Dr. Claudia Becker
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, head of the Department of Sign Language and Audio Pedagogy
Prof.in Dr. Laura Avemarie
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, professorship of Special Education – Focus on Hearing and Communication including Inclusive Pedagogy
Christian Müller
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Faculty of Linguistics and Literature, Chair of Didactics of the German Language and Literature and German as a Second Language
Research Assistants
Mabu Aghaei
Research Assistant, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Nora Eisinger
Research Assistant, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Swantje Marks
Research Assistant, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Anne Stutzer
Research Assistant, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Student Assistants
Lillian Siebert
Student Assistant: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mileva Doennges
Student Assistant: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sarah Imhof
Student Assistant: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Cooperating Partner
Staatliches sonderpädagogisches Bildungs- und Beratungszentrum, Förderschwerpunkt Hören, Stegen (BBZ) (special education school for deaf and hard of hearing children)
Ernst-Adolf-Eschke-Schule, Sonderpädagogisches Förderzentrum Hören und Kommunikation, Berlin (EAE) (special education school for deaf and hard of hearing children)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Leiter:innen der Bildungseinrichtungen für Gehörlose und Schwerhörige (BUDIKO) (working group of directors of educational institutions for deaf and hard of hearing children)
Bundeselternverband gehörloser Kinder (BGK) (Federal Parents Association of Deaf Children)
Staatsinstiut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung München, München (ISB) (state institute for school quality and educational research Munich)
Staatsinstitut für Frühpädagogik und Medienkompetenz München, München (Dr. Karin Reber) (state institute for early education and media competence Munich)
Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie (Klaus Jürgen Heuel) (senate department for education, youth and family)
Reinfelder Schule, Förderzentrum für Hören und Sprache, Inklusive Grundschule Berlin (inclusive elementary school)
Margarethe-von-Witzleben-Schule, Schule mit dem sonderpädagogischen Förderschwerpunkt „Hören und Kommunikation“, Berlin (special education school for deaf and hard of hearing children)
Kindertagesstätte Allerhand der gGmbH Sinneswandel, Berlin (day care)
Fachseminar Förderschwerpunkt Hören und Kommunikation, Berlin (seminar for trainee teachers at schools)
