The goals of visual literacy experiences are to give the student skill in "reading" visuals and in expressing himself and communicating through visuals. (JH)

Phrase that provides the title for this article is rooted in one of the most common and erroneous assumptions made by persons who use pictures for instructional or enrichment purposes; that is, if you can see it before your eyes in pictorial form, the meaning has been transferred. (Author/MB)

Harvard Project Zero provides a series of technical research reports which study artistic creation and comprehension as a means toward better art education. The emphasis of the research is to improve art education through a better psychological understanding of symbol systems and media of art and through better understanding of the perceptual,…