| Description |
xvii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. The primacy of visual literacy on thought -- 2. Development and interface of ensuing literacies -- 3. Perspectives of visual literacies -- 4. The visual system and brain processing -- 5. The distinctive features of verbal and nonverbal literacies -- 6. A learning style view of visual literacy -- 7. Constructs of visual/verbal learning -- 8. The visionary aspects of composing and comprehending -- 9. Interfacing the verbal and nonverbal during reading and writing |
| Summary |
"Providing both rationale and technique for practitioners, this book emphasizes the influence of visual literacy upon the reading, writing, and creative development of learners. The author stresses that visual literacy is primary to human thought and, as such, lays the foundation for more advanced literacies. In the first of three sections, the basic components of visual literacy and how they manifest themselves in activities such as writing, reading, and computer programming are covered. The second part explores the world of the visual system, and how the brain and individual styles of learning operate during verbal and nonverbal learning. In the final section of the book, numerous strategies to help children make visual-verbal connections and to retain, comprehend and compose discourse are included. Three appendixes contain visual literacy curriculum and resource guides, visual literacy journal and association resources, and picture tests."--Book jacket |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 269-284 |
| Subject |
Cognition in children.
|
|
Computer literacy.
|
|
Language acquisition.
|
|
Learning, Psychology of.
|
|
Learning.
|
|
Literacy.
|
|
Visual literacy.
|
| LC no. |
85022202 |
| ISBN |
0398051925 |
|
