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ERIC Number: EJ386928
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Visual Interpretation of Children's Books.
Goldstone, Bette P.
Reading Teacher, v42 n8 p592-95 Apr 1989
Examines how visual literacy (the ability to interpret the visual images of advertisements, illustrations, television, and other visual media) can promote creative and analytic thinking. Provides several instructional strategies to teach visual literacy through book illustrations. Notes that visual literacy is essential in a world increasingly dominated by visual messages. (MM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Illustrations, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Visual Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Print Media; Thinking Skills; Visual Communication Education
Note: Special Issue: Empowering Both Teachers and Students.