Visual Literacy: Standards
Does your state's teaching standards include the ability of
students to be able to
read, analyze, deconstruct visual images? Many states do
include it in their visual arts standards. But the phrase "new
literacies" (being found in the English Language Arts) implies
understanding how photographs, for example, can also be
interpreted or read, just as we might read a book or a poem.
“Being literate...means being active, critical,
and creative users not only of print and spoken language, but
also of the visual language of film and television, commercial
and political advertising,
photography,
and more. Teaching students how to interpret and create visual
texts....is another essential component of the
ELA curriculum."
Source:
Standards for English Language Arts,
IRA/NCTE, 1996, p. 5
“It would be a breach of our duties as
teachers for us to ignore the
rhetorical power of visual forms
of media in combination with text and sound…the critical
media literacy we need to teach must include evaluation of
these media, lest our students fail to see, understand, and
learn to harness the persuasive power of visual media.”
NCTE Resolution on Visual Literacy
Language Arts Standard 9: VIEWING
Uses viewing
skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
links to some national verbiage relating to understanding images
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