Teaching, learning, and visual literacy
Subtitle: the dual role of visual representation in the teaching profession
By: Billie Eilam, University of Haifa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780521119825; 9780521135863
Subjects: Visual literacy; PSYCHOLOGY / General
Description: "Visual literacy is an increasingly critical skill in a globalizing, digital world. This book addresses the core issues concerning visual literacy in education, underscoring its importance for the instruction of students and educators. Professor Billie Eilam argues that the incorporation of visual skill development in teacher training programs will help break the cycle of visual illiteracy. Understanding the pedagogical benefits and risks of visual representation can help educators develop effective strategies to produce visually literate students. Eilam presents a broad overview of theoretical knowledge regarding visual representation, as well as a discussion of best practices for the use of visual elements in schools. In addition to theory, Eilam includes practical exercises for introducing visual literacy into teacher education, offering strategies for analyzing visualization in curricula and for increasing awareness of visual culture"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface. Part I. Introduction: 1. Dualities of visual literacy: the double-faced Janus image; Part II. The State-of-the-Art in Visual Literacy among Teachers and Students in Schools and within Today's Visual Culture: 2. A day in teachers' work: qualitative research and case illustrations on teaching and learning with VRs in today's schools; 3. Students' ideas about VRs over development; 4. Practicing students' ideas about VRs and their uses; 5. The emergence of visual literacy and the global visual culture; Part III. Teachers' Visual Literacy Programs: Rationales, Lacunae, and Planning: 6. The rationale for implementing explicit visual education for teachers; 7. Integration of VRs into teacher education programs: past, present, and future; Part IV. The Nature of VRs and their Impact on Learning: 8. Some aspects of human perception that teachers should understand; 9. Symbolic language: signs and sign types; 10. Visual representations: types and characteristics; 11. Learning with representations and multimedia: affordances and constraints; Part V. The Invisibility of VRs in Curriculum Materials: 12. VRs' influences on curricular concepts and theories; 13. A comprehensive schema for analyzing MRCMs; Part VI. A VR Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education: 14. Innovations in teacher education; 15. Proposed curriculum framework; 16. Possible exercises and tasks; Part VII. Epilogue: 17. An image of the future: the visually literate teacher.