| Record Number |
17620 |
| ISBN |
9781742395487 |
| Item Number |
2746859 |
| Location |
428 TEA |
| Title |
Teaching visual literacy : using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills / Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, editors. [BOOK] |
| Portion of title |
Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills |
| Edition |
Revised Australian edition. |
| Published |
Moorabbin, Vic. : Hawker Brownlow Education, 2010. |
| Collation |
vi, 185 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents Note |
Introduction / Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher -- 1. Visual Literacy: What You Get Is What You See / Lynell Burmark -- 2. Graphic Novels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Jacquelyn McTaggart -- 3. Comics, the Canon, and the Classroom / James Bucky Carter -- 4. Seeing the World Through a Stranger's Eyes: Exploring the Potential of Anime in Literacy Classrooms / Kelly Chandler-Olcott -- 5. "Literary Literacy" and the Role of the Comic Book: Or, "You Teach a Class on What?" / Rocco Versaci -- 6. That's Funny: Political Cartoons in the Classroom / Thomas DeVere Wolsey -- 7. Learning From Illustrations in Picturebooks / Lawrence R. Sipe -- 8. An Irrecusable Offer: Film in the P-12 Classroom / Lawrence Baines -- 9. "It Was Always the Pictures ... ": Creating Visual Literacy Supports for Students With Disabilities / Paula Kluth. |
| Summary Note |
"Educators understand that literacy involves at least five processes: reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing. This book offers classroom teachers a guide to using visual forms of information as tools for literacy development. Each chapter examines relevant research and theory, and presents practical applications for the classroom." -- Publisher's website. |
| Target Audience |
"To motivate and engage readers in years P-12." - Cover. |
| Subject |
Reading (Elementary) |
| Visual literacy - Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Visual literacy - Study and teaching (Primary) |
| Reading (Primary) |
| Cognition in children |
| Added Name |
Fisher, Douglas, 1965- |
| Frey, Nancy, 1959- |
