Language and Image in the Reading-Writing Classroom : Teaching Vision

by Fleckenstein, Kristie S.; Calendrillo, Linda T.; Worley, Demetrice A.; Worley, Demetrice A.

• ISBN13: 9780805839418
• ISBN10: 0805839410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume offers concrete answers to the question of how we can use imagery to enrich the teaching of reading and writing. The chapters are organized according to two guiding principles. First, each addresses specific aspects of the inextricable integration of imagery and language in the teaching of reading and writing. Imagery is not privileged over language; the fusion of the two is emphasized. Second, each focuses on a particular kind of imagery--mental, graphic, or verbal--describing teaching/learning strategies based on the deployment of that kind of imagery in the classroom. There is currently a renewed acknowledgment of the importance of imagery in meaning. The rapid spread of the World Wide Web, computer interfacing, and virtual reality further highlights the need to attend to the influence of imagery in a networked world. In response to these shifts in scholarly and cultural perspectives, NCTE has established a committee on visual literacy, and an emphasis on visual literacy has been incorporated into the IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts. This book contributes significantly toward filling the need for explicit and specific theory-based methods teachers can use to integrate imagery into their pedagogy. Accessible and lively chapters include classroom activities and student-generated examples. Language and Image in the Reading-Writing Classroom is an excellent text for preservice and in-service pedagogy courses and an important resource for practicing teachers, researchers, and professionals in the field.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Teaching Vision: The Importance of Imagery in Reading and Writing	xiii
Kristie S. Fleckenstein
PART I: PROVENANCE: AUTHORIZING THE IMAGE	1	(44)
Inviting Imagery Into Our Classrooms	3	(24)
Kristie S. Fleckenstein
Learning From the Past: Verbal and Visual Literacy in Early Modern Rhetoric and Writing Pedagogy	27	(18)
Catherine L. Hobbs
PART II: MENTAL VISION	45	(58)
Mental Imagery and Literature: Centers and Vectors in Students' Visual and Verbal Responses	47	(12)
Terri Pullen Guezzar
The Mind's Eye View: Teaching Students How to Sensualize Language	59	(12)
Debra Innocenti
Sight and Insight: Mental Imagery and Visual Thinking in the Composition Classroom	71	(14)
Sheryl A. Mylan
The World Through Different Eyes: Mental Imagery, Writing, and the Reconceptualization of the Self and Other	85	(18)
Christopher Worthman
PART III: GRAPHIC VISION	103	(60)
Teaching the Language I/My Students See	105	(14)
Eric H. Hobson
Images Across Cultures: Exploring Advertising in the Diverse Classroom	119	(16)
Roy F. Fox
Technologizing the Word: William Blake and the Composition of Hypertext	135	(16)
Gregg Hecimovich
Technology, Symbol, and Discourse: Writing Within the Information Overload	151	(12)
R. Mark Smith
PART IV: VERBAL VISION	163	(58)
Calling All RadioGirls: Talking to a New Image	165	(12)
Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau
Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us: The Maternalization of Teaching in Everyday Talk	177	(14)
Christy Friend
Textual Vision: Moving Beyond ``Same/Other'' in Reading African-American Literature	191	(12)
Demetrice A. Worley
``Spots of Time'' - Writerly and Readerly Imaging With William Wordsworth and Basho	203	(18)
Nathaniel Teich
Conclusion: Afterimage: Resources for Imagery Study	221	(6)
Linda T. Calendrillo
List of Contributors	227	(4)
Author Index	231	(6)
Subject Index	237