Originally appearing in: National Art Education Association Art Education Journal, January 2014. (c)2013. Used with permission of the National Art Education Association.
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Visual Thinking, Art, and University Teaching Across Disciplines
Author(s): Dabney Hailey
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Refining the Eye: Dermatology and Visual Literacy
Author(s): Corinne Zimmermann, Jennifer T. Huang, and Elizabeth A. Buzney
Journal of Museum Education, Volume 41, Issue 2, 2016
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As Theory Becomes Practice: The Happy Tale of a School/Museum Partnership
Author(s): Philip Yenawine
This article discusses the effects of five years of VTS teaching on students, teachers, and administrators in the rural community of Byron, Minnesota.
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Thoughts on Visual Literacy
Author(s): Philip Yenawine
Visual literacy is the ability to find meaning in imagery. It involves a set of skills ranging from simple identification, naming what one sees, to complex interpretation on contextual, metaphoric and philosophical levels. This paper discusses how visual literacy develops, how this development might be fostered, and the relevance of Housen's Stage Theory of Aesthetic Development.