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Download full textDyc, Gloria; Milligan, Carolyn – 2000
Visual literacy is a culturally-derived strength of Native American students. On a continent with more than 200 languages, Native Americans relied heavily on visual intelligence for trade and communication between tribes. Tribal people interpreted medicine paint, tattoos, and clothing styles to determine the social roles of those with whom they…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Pruisner, Peggy A. P. – 1995
There is a significant mismatch of student preparation for college-level reading tasks and literacy demands placed on our liberal arts college students today. Widely accepted schema theory suggests that teaching metacognition, or consciously thinking about how one thinks, is helpful. Once thinking processes are made transparent to the learner, he…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, College Preparation, College Students
Schiffman, Carole B. – 1995
Growing populations of older adults, ethnic minorities, and the low-literate create unique concerns for the design of visual information. Those for whom text presents a barrier will respond most to legibility, use of familiar formats and symbols, and simplification. Guidelines for those processes are needed, and this paper, in particular,…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Cultural Differences
Klemm, E. Barbara; Iding, Marie K. – 1997
This study presents work in progress that investigates the use of visual learning logs by preservice elementary teachers as one component of developing visual literacy for science teaching and learning. The purpose of the study is to explore the use of visual learning logs as an alternative mode for thinking and communicating about experiences in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Kerns, H. Dan; Johnson, Nial – 1995
Recognizing the decline in student visual communication skills, faculty from different disciplines collaborated in the design of a visual literacy course. The visual literacy skills developed in the course are that students learn in the following ways: (1) through faculty presentation and demonstration of the various tools available; (2) with…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Communication Skills, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Couch, Richard A. – 1995
Background information about gender inequity is provided, and the assertion is made that educators must recognize that many of the problems females encounter are begun and perpetuated in the schools. Visual literacy is part of the change that schools must make in order to make greater strides toward gender equity. Two connections between visual…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Females
PDF pending restorationWalker, Alice D., Comp. – 1993
Two bibliographies of publications from the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) are presented. The first covers the period from 1983 through 1989 and lists 261 publications from the IVLA at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The second covers from 1990 through 1993 and lists 201 publications. The comprehensive…
Descriptors: Art Education, Bibliographies, Critical Viewing, Curriculum Development
Dorr, Aimee; And Others – 1990
A previous study of the perceived social realism of television series featuring families was both replicated and extended with a sample of 1692 second, sixth, and tenth graders in 42 schools in southern California. The "Viewing Frequency" instrument and the "Realism" instrument took children 10-15 minutes to complete. Content…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Content Analysis
Gallagher, Brian – 1986
It is safe to assume that by the end of the decade the videocassette recorder (VCR) will be the only piece of educational technology available to virtually all students both in and out of school. Given that working out the pedagogical consequences of VCR technology will be the most important media-related task of the next few years, the following…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Film Libraries
Flory, Joyce – 1978
"Visual literacy" denotes the abilities, competencies, and skills necessary to accurately intercept, interpret, understand, and create communication in visual modes. The term also refers to a popular movement of both students and teachers (e.g., Visual Literacy Association, Action for Children's Television, The Screen Educator's Society) who wish…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment
Clement, Joseph David – 1975
To explore methods of visual communication as a supplement to bilingual education, 200 white male subjects were selected from a public school system in South Florida (100 from the first grade and 100 from the eighth grade) and were allowed to create visual statements from a standardized set of photos. Using primarily Latent Partition Analysis, the…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bilingual Education, Educational Media, Elementary Education
Smith, Mark – 1997
The proliferation and subsequent devaluation of electronic symbols necessitate a rethinking of classroom discourse. In recent years, "visual literacy" has become an issue among those who feel that the increasingly symbolic orientation of communications compels the writing instructor to address the dynamics of both visual and written…
Descriptors: Advertising, Classroom Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking
Robinson, Rhonda S.; Koos, Marybeth – 1996
The introduction of affordable multimedia computers with CD-ROM capacity, videocassette recorders, and connections to the Internet and the World Wide Web have expanded opportunities to help society develop visual literacy. Art images are a natural choice for the teaching of visual literacy. At Northern Illinois University, a course was added in…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Course Objectives, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Sexton, Colleen M.; Belland, John C. – 1997
This paper provides background information on the goals, application process, and funding of the Ohio SchoolNet Plus initiative. Through SchoolNet Plus, school districts are allocated funds to provide one computer workstation for every five children in grades K-4, as well as funds for software and professional development for teachers. Since the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development, Educational Equipment
Stanley, Ethel D. – 1997
Visual learning has long been recognized as an integral process in educating biology undergraduates, who must develop specific visual skills and knowledge in order to communicate and work in the extensive visual culture shared by practicing biologists. Student experiences with field observations and the development and application of verbal/visual…
Descriptors: Biology, Experiential Learning, Field Instruction, Higher Education
