Visual Literacy

Visual Literacy

Visual literacy includes a wide range of visual applications and products including; tables, lists, graphics, concept/mind maps, timelines and systems maps (Younie, Leask, & Burden, 2015). In today’s world visual literacy is an important tool that educators can utilize to deliver engaging lessons and assist to incorporate and embed information in the interest of improving educational outcomes (Younie, Leask, & Burden, 2015). By utilizing a range of visual literacy techniques, teachers and students are able to deliver, organise, share and compare ideas. In the same way, visual literacy can encourage critical thinking, facilitate higher order thinking skills and assist to develop problem solving skills. What is more, visual literacy skills have been shown to improved education outcomes by developing memory and student ability to identify key ideas assisting in a variety of ways. (Younie, Leask, & Burden 2015)

References

            Younie, S., Leask, M., & Burden, K. (2015). Teaching and learning with ICT in the primary school (2nd ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.