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DeHart, Jason – Social Studies, 2020
The film-based practices of four social studies teachers were examined using a qualitative methodology. The research interviewed teachers twice over a 2-month period, collected handouts, and collected audio-recorded teacher logs. Three of the teachers taught social studies primarily, while a fourth teacher was responsible for both English and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Films, Audiovisual Instruction, Adolescents
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Mnguni, Lindelani – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2019
Purpose: The significance of visuo-semiotic models in biology education has increased. Students have to develop visuo-semiotic skills, which could enable them to learn biology effectively. However, a lack of a universal theory of visual literacy has made it challenging to develop and assess visualization skills, including visuo-semiotic skills.…
Descriptors: Biology, Test Construction, Visual Literacy, Semiotics
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Beene, Stephanie; Schadl, Suzanne – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2019
This article presents one way that librarians, archivists, and educators can create new knowledge by connecting communities with rare material culture. The authors share how they engaged critically reflective practices while gathering descriptions of rare Mexican artists' books at community-engaged outreach events. The books took on new meanings…
Descriptors: Artists, Books, Culture, Mexicans
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McLeod, Gary – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2019
Rephotography involves making one or more pictures of the same subject in order to repeat an existing image, usually to show change. Recognized early on as a rigorous visual method for natural sciences, rephotography in popular culture has grown into a popular visual strategy of displaying images of the past within or alongside images of the…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Literacy, Electronic Learning, Graduate Students
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Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela; Fegely, Kathy – NECTFL Review, 2019
Integrating art (paintings, sculptures, photography, and other types of images) into second language (L2) instruction, can have a positive effect on language acquisition and developing intercultural understanding. As the instructor provides visual scaffolding, learners at all proficiency levels have the opportunity to engage more deeply with L2…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Language Proficiency, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction
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Egüz, Sule – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2020
The present study aimed to determine the viewpoints of student teachers at a state university in Turkey about the most important social, environmental, and global problems. For this purpose, one of the qualitative research methods, the art-based research method was adopted. The participants' cartoon drawings were utilized as the data collecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Social Problems
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Westlund, Elin – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2018
This article explores visual formation of science content in multimodal compositions (text and image) made by students through their second school year, and aims to contribute to the body of metalanguage for explicit description and interpretation of this kind of meaning-making. The social semiotic analysis examined both visual and multimodal…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries
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Arneson, Jessie B.; Offerdahl, Erika G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
"Vision and Change" identifies science communication as one of the core competencies in undergraduate biology. Visual representations are an integral part of science communication, allowing ideas to be shared among and between scientists and the public. As such, development of scientific visual literacy should be a desired outcome of…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Taxonomy, Thinking Skills, Undergraduate Study
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Coleman, Julianne; Donovan, Carol – Science and Children, 2018
Scientists must interpret and produce visuals in their work. Scientists also use visual information to communicate their findings to the general public. Visual representations are used in science because of the abstract nature of scientific information as many concepts are unable to be seen with the naked eye. The current educational climate…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Visual Stimuli, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Little, Deandra – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2015
This final chapter highlights seven general suggestions and strategies for faculty (and others) working to develop visual literacy in classrooms and across the curriculum. The chapters throughout this volume illustrate and elaborate on these strategies; they are condensed here as a quick guide to effective practice.
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Curriculum
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Wewiora, Elizabeth – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2019
This article describes a current project by Liverpool organisations Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool), Whitby High School (Ellesmere Port), recent partners Liverpool Hope University and Curious Minds. The school is in an area of high socio-economic deprivation and low level of cultural engagement. The project seeks to support students' photographic and…
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Photography, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education
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Rice, Mary F.; Dallacqua, Ashley K. – SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education, 2019
Teachers and students require a range of tools to engage with visual texts. Using "The Great American Dust Bowl" by Don Brown (2013) as an exemplar text, we outline four conceptions of visual literacy: rhetorical, instructional, industrial and visuo-spatial and discuss their use in our literacy education practice. In addition, we provide…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Childrens Literature, Cartoons, Novels
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King-Sears, Margaret E.; Berkeley, Sheri; Arditi, Orit; Daley, Hyle L.; Hott, Brittany L.; Larsen, Anna L. – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2018
This study analyzed three types of visual representations (graphs, maps, & graphic organizers) in the most widely used eighth-grade U.S. History textbooks. The analyses included how each visual was constructed and used within the context of text narrative. Purposeful sampling techniques were used to select a representative sample of varied…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Graphs, Maps, Visual Aids
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Matusiak, Krystyna K.; Heinbach, Chelsea; Harper, Anna; Bovee, Michael – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Digital technology has changed the way in which students use visual materials in academic work and has increased the importance of visual literacy skills. This paper reports the findings of a research project examining undergraduate and graduate students' visual literacy skills and use of images in the context of academic work. The study explored…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Information Technology, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
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Walker, Amy Schoenfeld – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2019
While some journalists analyze and verify "open source" materials such as social media, eyewitness video, and satellite imagery to hold leaders and institutions accountable, many journalists and students are not learning basic digital verification skills. Research shows that journalists find this work challenging and that newsrooms do…
Descriptors: Journalism, Journalism Education, Ethics, Deception
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