Teaching Visual Literacy
"This book puts into practice what we've long known but often ignored: one picture is indeed worth a thousand words! The chapters offer a practical look at how images in all their many forms can be used to motivate reluctant readers."\ --Donna E. Alvermann, Distinguished Research Professor\ University of Georgia\ "Just as vision entails more than seeing, being visually literate means that students can interpret and reflect upon images as well as words. These strategies will help your students...
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These innovative articles show how to use high-interest visual materials to capture the attention of learners, strengthen multiple literacy competencies, and boost critical thinking skills.
Acknowledgments viiAbout the Editors ixAbout the Contributors xiIntroduction Nancy Frey Douglas Fisher 1Visual Literacy: What You Get Is What You See Lynell Burmark 5Graphic Novels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Jacquelyn McTaggart 27Comics, the Canon, and the Classroom James Bucky Carter 47Seeing the World Through a Stranger's Eyes: Exploring the Potential of Anime in Literacy Classrooms Kelly Chandler-Olcott 61"Literary Literacy" and the Role of the Comic Book: Or, "You Teach a Class on What?" Rocco Versaci 91That's Funny: Political Cartoons in the Classroom Thomas DeVere Wolsey 113Learning From Illustrations in Picturebooks Lawrence R. Sipe 131An Irrecusable Offer: Film in the K-12 Classroom Lawrence Baines 149"It Was Always the Pictures...": Creating Visual Literacy Supports for Students With Disabilities Paula Kluth 169Index 189
