| Description |
xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher -- 1. Visual Literacy: What You Get Is What You See / Lynell Burmark -- 2. Graphic Novels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Jacquelyn McTaggart -- 3. Comics, the Canon, and the Classroom / James Bucky Carter -- 4. Seeing the World Through a Stranger's Eyes: Exploring the Potential of Anime in Literacy Classrooms / Kelly Chandler-Olcott -- 5. "Literary Literacy" and the Role of the Comic Book: Or, "You Teach a Class on What?" / Rocco Versaci -- 6. That's Funny: Political Cartoons in the Classroom / Thomas DeVere Wolsey -- 7. Learning From Illustrations in Picturebooks / Lawrence R. Sipe -- 8. An Irrecusable Offer: Film in the K-12 Classroom / Lawrence Baines -- 9. "It Was Always the Pictures ... ": Creating Visual Literacy Supports for Students With Disabilities / Paula Kluth |
| Summary |
"Educators understand that literacy involves at least five processes: reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. This book offers classroom teachers a guide to using visual forms of information as tools for literacy development. Each chapter examines relevant research and theory, and presents practical applications for the classroom." -- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Visual literacy.
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Visual learning.
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Reading (Elementary)
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Cognition in children.
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| Author |
Fisher, Douglas, 1965-
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Frey, Nancy, 1959-
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| LC no. |
2007033944 |
| ISBN |
9781412953115 (cloth) |
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9781412953122 (paperback) |
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