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Visual Literacy as a Classroom Approach
Author(s) -
Rowsell Jennifer,
McLean Cheryl,
Hamilton Mary
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1002/jaal.00053
Subject(s) - literacy , visual literacy , context (archaeology) , relevance (law) , psychology , visual learning , mathematics education , dimension (graph theory) , pedagogy , political science , paleontology , mathematics , pure mathematics , law , biology
Living in an increasingly visual culture, Rowsell, McLean, and Hamilton illustrate the importance of critically evaluating the potential of visual literacy as a dimension of the school context. They first situate visual literacy within the school arena and then examine its relevance to learning through different visual genres. In an effort to illustrate the power of visual literacy to enhance cross‐curricular learning, the authors conclude by sharing examples of students conceptualizing and extrapolating visual literacy through the consumption and production of texts.