This text describes the results of a two-year study of children's responses to contemporary picturebooks. Children of primary school age, from a range of backgrounds, read and discussed books by artists, Anthony Browne and Satoshi Kitamura.
"The first part of the book is concerned with differing theoretical approaches to visual analysis, and includes chapters on iconology, form, art history, ideology, semiotics and hermeneutics. The second part shifts from a theoretical to a medium-based approach and comprises chap…
Using visual evidence
Reading with pictures: comics that make kids smarter
Comics have gone from scourge of the classroom to legitimate teaching tools, and the Common Core State Standards for scholastic achievement now explicitly recommend their use in the classroom. Reading With Pictures: Comics That Make Kids Smarter unites the finest creative talent…
Describes a variety of visual tools, such as brainstorming webs, graphic organizers, conceptual mapping, and thinking maps, that help students develop and improve critical thinking and study skills, creativity, and comprehension; and offers advice on using them in the classroom.…