Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ655263
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
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The Picture of Reading: Deriving Meaning in Literacy through Image.
Piro, Joseph M.
Reading Teacher, v56 n2 p126-34 Oct 2002
Presents speculations on broadening the concept of literacy and using pictures to teach. Discusses the importance and value of training students to "read" a painting and, by extension, a visual image and how this fits into promoting a culture of literacy. Considers the application of reader-response theory to pictures as text. (SG)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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