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García Fernández, Beatriz; Ruiz-Gallardo, José-Reyes – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
This study compares anatomy diagram production skills as a part of Visual Literacy competence in Biology Education in schoolchildren (n = 254) and pre-service teachers (n = 282). Both groups produced cross-sectional anatomy diagrams from knowledge acquired using frontal views and answered a questionnaire on their difficulties with the exercise.…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Visual Literacy, Biology, Anatomy
Daibao Guo; Erin E. Rich; Julianne M. Coleman – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2024
While visual literacy pedagogy in teacher preparation programs has been a recognized body of knowledge the past few decades, limited research centers upon secondary teachers who are responsible for integrating visual literacy into content instruction. This study explored how 32 secondary English language arts and social studies pre-service…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Visual Literacy
Romero Walker, Alexis – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2022
This article explains the importance of including critical media literacy practices in skills-based classrooms in film education. Students continue to use methods of filmmaking that are inherently biased because they continue to be taught an age-old set of skills that do not engage in critical analysis. With the convergence of contemporary film…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Media Literacy, Teaching Methods, Films
Mnguni, Lindelani; Moyo, Dudrah – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Using external representations (ERs) to foster content understanding in biology education has increased as they allow for the visualization of abstract biological phenomena. However, the extent to which students have visualization skills required to learn from ERs effectively remains an open question. The current quantitative quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Animation, Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Williams, Wendy R. – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2019
Visual storytelling comes in many forms (e.g. films, comics, photographs, commercials) and is used for a range of purposes (e.g. to entertain, inform, persuade). Technological advances are enabling non-specialists to be consumers and producers of these works. Although many people are growing up surrounded by visual works, this does not mean that…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Story Telling, Personal Narratives, Design
Learning Program for Enhancing Visual Literacy for Non-Design Students Using a CMS to Share Outcomes
Ariga, Taeko; Watanabe, Takashi; Otani, Toshio; Masuzawa, Toshimitsu – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2016
This study proposes a basic learning program for enhancing visual literacy using an original Web content management system (Web CMS) to share students' outcomes in class as a blog post. It seeks to reinforce students' understanding and awareness of the design of visual content. The learning program described in this research focuses on to address…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Program Descriptions, Observation, Management Systems
Kovalik, Cindy L.; Williams, Matthew A. – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2011
This exploratory study investigated student reaction to the use of cartoons as advance organizers for online discussions in an online course. A convenience sample of 15 students participated in the study by contributing cartoons, participating in online discussions, and completing a survey. Overall, survey results indicated student reaction to the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Student Reaction, Online Courses, Cartoons
Yeh, Hsin-Te; Cheng, Yi-Chia – Computers & Education, 2010
This study investigated whether the instruction of visual design principles had an influence on pre-service teachers' perception and analysis (interpretation) of visual materials. In addition, the relationships between pre-service teachers' visual intelligence and their perception and analysis (interpretation) of visual materials were also…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Visual Literacy, Data Analysis, Preservice Teachers
George-Palilonis, Jennifer; Filak, Vincent – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
As graphically driven, animated, interactive applications offer educators new opportunities for shaping course content, new avenues for research arise as well. Along with these developments comes a need to study the effectiveness of the individual tools at our disposal as well as various methods for integrating those tools in a classroom setting.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Electronic Learning
Spalter, Anne Morgan; van Dam, Andries – Theory Into Practice, 2008
Like other literacies (textual literacy, numeracy), digital visual literacy (DVL) is the ability both to create and to understand certain types of information, in this case visual materials created with a computer. DVL is now essential in many daily life and workplace tasks, from looking critically at newspaper images or TV evening news to using a…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Media Literacy, Computer Literacy, Educational Principles

Reilly, Susan Smith – Communication Education, 1981
Describes a visual media course which covers the following: (1) communicative value of basic elements of design in photographs; (2) construction of messages in photo essays and advertisements; and (3) technique of scripting for moving images in scratch films. (PD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Film Study, Higher Education, Photography

Rehman, Sharaf N.; Hanks, William E. – Journalism Educator, 1985
Presents a structure for a film and video production course, with emphasis on three types of literacy: visual, verbal, and technical. (HTH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Film Production, Higher Education

Schamber, Linda – Journalism Educator, 1991
Suggests an approach to a core course in visual literacy that draws on three theories: the teaching perspective of the visual literacy movement; the analytical system from art and aesthetics; and the cognitive understanding of images from Gestalt psychology. (MG)
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Course Content, Higher Education, Journalism Education

Allison, Brian – Journal of Art & Design Education, 1982
Presents a model for systematizing the relationships between core content and educational objectives in British art and design classes. The model shows how the expressive, perceptual, analytic and cultural domains of art and design education are interrelated. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW…
Descriptors: Art Education, Comparative Education, Course Content, Design

Anderson, James A. – Journal of Communication, 1980
Discusses the development of critical televiewing curricula in relation to their stated goals and content. Outlines four underlying constructs: intervention, goal attainment, cultural understanding, and literacy. (JMF)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness
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