Chiselled Horizons : a Multi-Cultural Approach to Visual Literacy.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (158 pages)
Intro -- Chiselled Horizons: A Multi-Cultural Approach to Visual Literacy -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Visual Literacy and Creative Engagements across the Global Village -- Part I Articulating Literacy through a Lens -- Text and Image: Looking back in History with Contemporary Lenses -- Having Sex at a Car Crash: Visual Literacy in the Blink of an Eye -- Embodied Architectural Practice and Design Literacy -- Revealing the Layers of the Rocks: A Visual Reinterpretation for an Urban Historical Site -- Part II Decoding Mass Media Influences -- Problems in the Visual Communication of Quantities in the Portuguese Press -- Synthesizing the Gaseous State: The Role of Applied Programming on Theory -- The Iconography of Globalization -- She, on the Other Hand: The Crossroads of Feminist Scholarship and Visual Literacy -- Can Children's Television Encourage Children's Creativity? Israeli TV Producers' Discourse -- Part III Creative Approaches to Participatory Learning -- Making Play-Based Learning Work: Integrating Life Skills Content into a Play-Based Summer Day Camp -- The Kings and Queens of Kagoma Gate: Children Making Their Moves out of Poverty -- Towards a Pedagogy of Amazement and Proximity: A Conceptual Model to Promote Critical and Creative Thinking at School.
A multi-cultural approach to decoding visual patterns present in mass-media, with the purpose of developing creativity-based alternative forms of education that foster collaboration and critical thinking.