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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.
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LANGUAGE AND IMAGE IN THE READING–WRITING CLASSROOM: TEACHING VISION This Page Intentionally Left Blank LANGUAGE AND IMAGE IN THE READING–WRITING CLASSROOM: TEACHING VISION Edited by Kristie S. Fleckenstein Ball State University Linda T. Calendrillo Western Kentucky University Demetrice A. Worley Bradley University 2002 LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Mahwah, New Jersey London This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Copyright Ó 2002 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 10 Industrial Avenue Mahwah, New Jersey 07430 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Language and image in the reading–writing classroom : teaching vision / edited by Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Linda T. Calendrillo, Demetrice A. Worley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8058-3940-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8058-3941-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Language arts. 2. Imagery (Psychology) in children. I. Fleckenstein, Kristie S. II. Calendrillo, Linda T. III. Worley, Demetrice A. LB1576 .L283 372.6—dc21 2001 ISBN 1-4106-0243-5 Master e-book ISBN 2001033960 CIP DEDICATIONS To the women in my life, who have anchored me as I leaned out to look: mothers, sisters, daughters, friends. Kristie S. Fleckenstein To my father Anthony Calendrillo, who taught me everything I know about images and gave me the vision to see both inside and out. Linda T. Calendrillo For my African-American literature and writing students, who know the power of images and words. Demetrice A. Worley This Page Intentionally Left Blank Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Teaching Vision: The Importance of Imagery in Reading and Writing Kristie S. Fleckenstein PART I: PROVENANCE: AUTHORIZING THE IMAGE 1 Inviting Imagery Into Our