This instructional package, one of four designed for use by regular and low reader vocational students, focuses on the vocational area of graphics. (Low readers are identified as those reading at a grade 3-6 level.) Contained in this document are fifty-seven learning modules organized into two units: composition and paste-up. Examples of module…

Written for students and faculty advisors who are involved in producing the school yearbook, this book discusses and illustrates the contents of a well-made yearbook. The function of the yearbook is examined in chapter one, and suggestions are made for arranging the yearbook according to the basic theme. Chapter two discusses coypwriting for the…

This book reviews the research in the field of typography as it affects children's books and sets it in the context of research on reading. The contents include five chapters: "Problems of Definition and Measurement" discusses the various measures of legibility used in research studies. "The Reading Process" examines three…

This document briefly outlines methods for planning the high school yearbook from staff selection through final printing. After a way of determining the layout of the yearbook by sections is presented, procedures for budget planning, additional costs, yearbook promotion and sale, photography, design, copy, and binding are discussed. The document…

This book is a guide to teaching media literacy. Among the topics discussed are the following: (a) the use of a can as an example of media (included is a description of the basic can curriculum or "CANalysis") (b) how to devise media classes so that potential critics (parents, administrators) can appreciate the classes without judging them; (c)…

This report is believed to be the first nationwide attempt in more than three centuries of printing in America to define graphic arts manpower needs. The objectives of this study were to determine the current status of industry manpower and to predict manpower needs for the 1970's. To carry out these objectives two questionnaires were developed, a…

In this digest of information about printing a brief survey of the history of printing precedes detailed explanations of the processes and the materials involved in printing. The four major printing processes--letterpress, gravure, offset lithography, and screen--are explained. Steps in preparing art and copy for printing, including selection of…

This report discusses what makes news, what people want to read, and how to write news releases or other informative bulletins and brochures. Also included are a description of principal-reporter-editor relations, some layout and typography data, and photography instructions. (JF)

Considers impact of print awareness on young children learning to read and developing metalinguistic understandings about written and oral language and literacy. Particularly emphasized are the developmental stages of beginning reading, which are supported by a review of research studies and suggest appropriate program content for initial reading…

The use of desktop publishing at schools, colleges, and universities is described. The advantages include: shorter turnaround, reduced costs, more control and capability, and more fun. However, rapid change and quick obsolescence are inevitable. (MLW)

This survey of technological change looks at the impact of new technology on mass media, spots observable cultural and social trends created by these changes, and then analyzes the effect of these trends on education. (Author/CT)

Discusses some of the changes in journalism quality--not all of them necessarily good--precipitated by electronic newsroom technology in the newsroom. Encourages journalism faculty to take advantage of the opportunity to study first-hand what these changes mean, noting that, historically, this is only the third transition print production has…

The curriculum movement known as picture study was, in part, the result of the late nineteenth-century development of printing processes capable of reproducing works of art. This description of the reproductions used in picture study illustrates how popularist attitudes toward art and technological changes set the context for this art movement.…

A writer and illustrator of children's books describes the creation of his prize winning work and cautions fellow artists that special care must be taken in printing and binding if their original illustrations are to be faithfully reproduced. (RBW)

Hand-run washing machine wringers, acetate plates, bottles, and cheesecloth are combined to show students the intaglio embossed method of printing. (DS)