From Visual Literacy to Critical Visual Literacy: An Analysis of Educational Materials

Autor/in	Newfield, Denise
Titel	From Visual Literacy to Critical Visual Literacy: An Analysis of Educational Materials
Quelle	In: English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 10 (2011) 1, S.81-94 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1175-8708
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Visual Literacy; Criticism; Comparative Analysis; Instructional Materials; Semiotics; Context Effect; Time Perspective; Selection; Political Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Workbooks; Consciousness Raising; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Kritik; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Semiotik; Zeitbezug; Auslese; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Arbeitsbuch; Bewusstseinsbildung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article discusses differences in purpose, orientation and method between what is commonly known as "visual literacy" and what is being called "critical visual literacy". It does so through a comparative critical analysis of two sets of materials produced for classroom use: those produced in 1993 under the umbrella of visual literacy and those produced in 2011 under the umbrella of critical visual literacy. Through an examination of different approaches to context, semiotic choice and authorial discourse in the development of the material, the article shows the distinctive nature of critical visual literacy--its emphasis on the positioned and positioning nature of visual texts, on the socio-political consequences of semiotic choice in visual texts, and on reading against rather than reading with the visual text. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wilf Malcolm Institute for Educational Research, University of Waikato. PB 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand. Tel: +64-7-858-5171; Fax: +64-7-838-4712; e-mail: wmier@waikato.ac.nz; Web site: http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=1
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10