Promoting Visual Literacy among Undergraduate Students in Geography: Teaching a Visualized Latin America

Autor/in	Hollman, Verónica
Titel	Promoting Visual Literacy among Undergraduate Students in Geography: Teaching a Visualized Latin America
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 38 (2014) 1, S.136-147 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8265
DOI	10.1080/03098265.2013.836626
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Geography; Geography Instruction; Undergraduate Students; Visual Literacy; Field Experience Programs; Cartography; Geographic Information Systems; Course Descriptions; Teaching Methods; College Students; College Faculty; Argentina (Buenos Aires) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Geografie; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Praxisnahes Lernen; Kartenkunde; Kartografie; Kursstrukturplan; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent; Fakultät
Abstract	This study offers a discussion of the role of the visual in the professional training of geographers arguing that visual literacy is not necessarily promoted during geography undergraduate studies. It then analyzes an experience of teaching a visualized Latin America developed in Argentina, as an illustrative example: on the one hand, it reveals the general lack of visual literacy among geography students; on the other hand, it suggests strategies that call for a shift in what is classically understood as a technical skill. It concludes addressing the need to redefine visual literacy in broader terms within the discipline and its training. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10