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Jennifer Rowsell; Anna Keune; Alison Buxton; Kylie Peppler – Reading Research Quarterly, 2024
This article challenges an over-reliance on language as the primary means to communicate knowledge by adopting a language"less"ness approach to maker pedagogies and maker literacies. Having conducted makerspace and design-based research for some time, we separately and together noticed a productive relationship between wordless…
Descriptors: Design, Teaching Methods, Correlation, Handicrafts
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Sahiti, Qendresa; Stamp, Jennifer A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Introduction: There is a history of overlap between art and science education, particularly in anatomy and other related medical specialties. Technological advances have increased exposure to visual images and creation and sharing of image-based content is commonplace. Statement of the Problem: The use of visual content and activities in education…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Psychology, Neurosciences, Teaching Methods
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Guinibert, Matthew – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Based on the presupposition that visual literacy skills are not usually learned unaided by osmosis, but require targeted learning support, this article explores how everyday encounters with visuals can be leveraged as contingent learning opportunities. The author proposes that a learner's environment can become a visual learning space if…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Informal Education
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Victoria, Mabel – Language Learning Journal, 2021
That 'a picture can stimulate a thousand words' aptly summarises the role of the visual in the field of language learning and teaching. The power of the image to generate language output has been widely acknowledged in the field of second/foreign language acquisition. Posters, diagrams, symbols and pictures are often found in language classrooms;…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Visual Aids
Yenawine, Philip – American Educator, 2019
Guided looking, even done informally, has a huge impact on early childhood preparation for elementary school and is an effective way to address learning inequities. Why, therefore, does it play such a small role in schooling'? This is a question that occupied Philip Yenawine during his long career working in art museums, where the adults, once…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Child Caregivers
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Stoerger, Sharon – Education for Information, 2018
Due to the large number of students, instructors teaching high enrollment courses often rely on traditional assignments such as scantron exams and research papers. While these types of assignments are functional and satisfy a purpose, they are typically not meaningful or pleasurable for students. In an introductory information technology course,…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses, Information Technology
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Bratslavsky, Lauren; Wright, Anna; Kritselis, Alex; Luftig, David – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2019
This study begins with the assumption that visual and related literacies are essential frameworks to foster not only students' learning of visual communication principles, but also 21st century skills such as creative problem solving and self-directed learning. We focus on assignment directions as a particular instructional component. In contrast…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Critical Thinking, Computer Software, Student Attitudes
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Nuhoglu Kibar, Pinar; Akkoyunlu, Buket – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2017
In this ever more digital and visual world, it has become more vital that students are encouraged to create content during the learning process through effective visualization of their knowledge. Infographics are an effective method for such visualization. The current study therefore proposes an infographic design rubric (IDR) as a criteria-based…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Design, Visual Literacy, Visualization
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Dunlap, Joanna C.; Lowenthal, Patrick R. – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2016
People learn and remember more efficiently and effectively through the use of text and visuals than through text alone. Infographics are one way of presenting complex and dense informational content in a way that supports cognitive processing, learning, and future recognition and recollection. But the power of infographics is that they are a way…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Cognitive Processes, Visual Aids, Learning Processes
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Beaudoin, Joan E. – College & Research Libraries, 2016
This paper reports on a study that examined the development of pedagogical methods for increasing the visual literacy skills of a group of library and information science students. Through a series of three assignments, students were asked to provide descriptive information for a set of historical photographs and record reflections on their…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Information Science Education, Case Studies, Teaching Methods
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Stevenson, Michael; Hedberg, John; Highfield, Kate; Diao, Mingming – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
In many K-12 and higher education contexts, the use of smart mobile devices increasingly affords learning experiences that are situated, authentic and connected. While earlier reviews of mobile technology may have led to criticism of these devices as being largely for consumption, many current uses emphasize creativity and productivity, with…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Criticism, Creativity
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Altinay Gazi, Zehra; Altinay Aksal, Fahriye – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2011
This research aims to investigate the impact of the visual aided learning on pre-service teachers' co-construction of subject matter knowledge in teaching practice. The study revealed the examination of film as an active cognizing and learning tool in classroom management course within teacher education programme. Within the framework of action…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teacher Education, Qualitative Research, Action Research
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Fetherston, Tony – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
The visual aspect of classroom culture is becoming more important because students now have much greater access to the means of producing, viewing and manipulating images. Using a framework adapted from Foucault and taking a myth-making position, this paper puts forward six propositions as means of explaining how images in the classroom might be…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Imagery, Literacy, Visual Literacy
Nausa T., Ricardo A. – Online Submission, 2007
This reflection paper attempts to show how we foreign language (FL) teachers can help our students develop their visual literacy concerning the use of grammar charts to help them to make better sense of the grammar information presented in their textbooks. In the first part, this reflection overviews the concept of visual literacy (VL), its…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Visual Literacy, Charts
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers