Htqe.2023.28

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Veni, vidi, didici: Teaching Approaches and Learning Outcomes of Semiotics

Gundega Kaņepāja, Zanda Rubene
University of Latvia, Latvia

Abstract. Semiotics is the study of signs and sign systems, and the formation of their meanings. From the point of view of semiotics, signs are explained by the assumption that everything has a certain meaning, often multiple meanings. The purpose of this paper is to answer the question – what is the role of semiotics in educational science? Education and art education have always been at the crossroads of these interpretations of meaning because semiotics presupposes an interpretation that is influenced by a myriad of circumstances and coincidences.
The scoping review and nodes strategy was used in this literature review to select relevant articles. The Web of Science Thematic Framework of Education and Educational Research database was chosen to map the role of semiotics. The criteria for article selection were language – articles written in English were selected – and keywords (“Semiotics” and “Semiotics, Art Education”). Based on these criteria 167 open-access articles were initially selected for analysis, from which further exploration was based on keywords relevant to the topic.
After analysing the abstracts of the selected articles, the papers were grouped according to the theoretical framework and approach. The main finding of this literature review was that semiotic analysis can help develop students’ critical thinking skills.

Keywords: education, interpretation, semiotics, sign, visual culture

Gundega Kaņepāja is a doctoral student in the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art of the University of Latvia.

Dr. Paed. Zanda Rubene is a Vice Dean of Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art, University of Latvia, Head of the Doctoral Study program “Education Sciences”, Chair of Constitutional Assembly of University of Latvia.

In: Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Cilvēks, tehnoloģijas un izglītības kvalitāte, 2023. Rakstu krājums
Riga, University of Latvia, 2023. 796 p. Ed. L. Daniela
https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2023
ISBN 978-9934-36-116-6