27. How did you know? The nature of literacy is characterized by the theoretical lens that is used to examine it (Ruddell, Ruddell, & Singer, 1994).
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29. Visual images are fast becoming the most predominant form of communication. Visual genres and mediums now dominate communication; photographs, television, film, video, the internet, cartoons, posters, t-shirts, comics, multi media presentations and computer simulations. Sankey, 2002.
30. ‘ Young people learn more than half of what they know from visual information, but few schools have an explicit curriculum to show students how to think critically about visual data.’ Jenkin, R. (2008) Visual literacy, Teaching and Learning , 30 July/August, pp.4-8