Methodological Principles of the Multimodality for Social Studies training teacher

Abstract

Multimodality is a new discipline whose impact is in an exploratory phase. This work addresses the research lines we are currently developing in a Research Project entitled “X”, that seeks to establish methodological principles for using the multimodality in the social studies training teacher at the University of Málaga. 

 This project focuses on the elaboration of a multimodal didactic proposal applied at teaching-learning process that deals with a quadruple difficulty stemming from scarce or non-existent training teacher for Master's in Teaching Compulsory Secondary Education, Post-Compulsory Secondary, Social Sciences (History of Art, Geography, History and Philosophy) knowledge on the following topics: the application of inter-disciplinarity; connecting with the present day; the introduction of media culture in classrooms and the visibility of otherness.

 According to Gunter Kress work, it has been recognized different modes and therefore, written, visual and audiovisual texts that promove the step from monomodality to multimodality in the teaching-learning process of the Social Sciences.