A Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Teaching Students to Think Critically in a Culture of Images.

Payne, Bill

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ERIC Number: EJ473655

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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A Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Teaching Students to Think Critically in a Culture of Images.

Payne, Bill

Social Studies Review, v32 n3 p38-43 Spr 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 news, and feature-length films. (CFR)

Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Film Criticism, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Photographs, Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Videotape Recordings, Visual Literacy

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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