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Ward, Bill – Scholastic Editor Graphics/Communications, 1973
Descriptors: Journalism, Photocomposition, Photographs, Photography
Ward, Bill – Scholastic Editor Graphics/Communications, 1973
Descriptors: Journalism, Photocomposition, Photographs, Photography
Ward, Bill – Scholastic Editor Graphics/Communications, 1973
Descriptors: Journalism, Photocomposition, Photographs, Photography
Thorn, Bill – Communication: Journalism Education Today, 1974
Stresses the importance of visual literacy for future communicators. (RB)
Descriptors: Captions, Communication Skills, Headlines, Journalism
Peer reviewedLoGuidice, Tom – Clearing House, 1981
Discusses the advantages of using photographs in history instruction and suggests questions teachers can ask to help students analyze photographs. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, History Instruction, Learning Activities, Photographs
Peer reviewedMueller, Lavonne – English Journal, 1977
Suggests ways to improve students' visual literacy through the study of paintings and photographs. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Painting (Visual Arts), Photographs
Download full textNolker, Page; Tyner, Kathleen – 1991
This guide is designed to promote discussion of any photograph with students, whether encountered in the classroom, in textbooks, or in other school materials. The guide contains a one-page handout which uses Dorothea Lange's photograph "White Angel Breadline" to discuss 10 photographic elements: aesthetic elements, punctum, title,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Critical Viewing, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedYates, Graham – Geographical Education, 2000
Presents active learning strategies that utilize visual images, in particular photographs, to promote learning in geography. Explains that the six activities focus on Vietnam. Uses the photographs to encourage students to engage with the images to promote better observation skills. (CMK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Geography Instruction
Dambekalns, Lydia – 1997
One of the most interesting challenges facing educators today is how to engage students in meaningful study of the environment in which they live. This paper presents the benefits of studying scientific data from an aesthetic point of view. The visual display of the earth's surface through aerial photographs and satellite map images was used as…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Creative Activities, Design, Earth Science
Dake, Dennis M. – 1977
Scientific discoveries concerning the bimodal functioning of the human brain have influenced the creation of a visual literacy methodology program at Iowa State University for future art teachers. Student teachers plan and prepare visual lesson plans designed to reverse the traditional pedagogical reliance on faculties dominated by left hemisphere…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Cerebral Dominance, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedReynolds, Robert D., Jr.; And Others – OAH Magazine of History, 1997
Presents activities related to material included in the Winter 1997 "OAH Magazine of History" (v11 n2). The activities are linked to photographs appearing in the theme issue on labor history. Activities include discussion questions and writing assignments related to the photographs. (MJP)
Descriptors: Child Labor, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Labor Relations
Peer reviewedPayne, Bill – Social Studies Review, 1993
Contends that history teachers should help students develop critical viewing and thinking skills about visual images. Discusses the emerging practice of blurring the lines between entertainment and information in television, films, and other visual presentations. Provides two sets of questions to help students analyze documentaries, television…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing
