Teaching Visual LiteracyMarguerite Glass-Englehart

Gallaudet University

Teaching Visual LiteracyGallaudet University

Forging Skills in Visual Literacy:Studying Art

• Survey in Art History

• Modern Art

• Caves to Computers

• Studies in Art History

Teaching Method/Requirements• Slide lectures & PowerPoint Presentations

• Use of the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, and videotapes (captioned)

• Museum Visits

• Guest Speakers (interpreter required)

• Class Discussion/Participation

• WEB Based Discussion Forums

• “Eyes-on” Projects & Research Papers

• Quizzes & Tests

Teaching Visual Literacy

PERPARE

IMPLEMENT

EVALUATE

PREPARING• Anticipate Your Audience

• Understand your Resources

• Set Realistic Goals and Expectations

• Try something NEW

• Put your Plan in Writing

IMPLEMENTING• Spend time introducing your plan

• Get students invested in the process early

• Repeat dominant ideas and themes often

• Provide tangible feedback quickly

• Remind students of requirements

Establishing Confidence Learn what students may already know about art.

Art in Popular Culture“Recent Sightings”

Yves Saint Laurent / Georges de La Tour

(top left) Giorgione, (top right) Titian, (above) Goya, (left) film still, Titanic.

RECLINING NUDES 1509 - 1997

Participation and Student Support A Group Approach

BOTTICELLI

VAN GOGH MUNCH

DALI

Adding Language to Vision• FORM• LINE• SPACE• LIGHT• COLOR• TEXTURE• STYLISTIC TERMINOLOGY• SUBJECT, CONTENT, ICONOGRAPHY

Exploring Visual Language:Comparisons

Mondrian 1930 Vermeer c. 1664

Compare the artists’ languageMichelangelo Bernini

Considering Architecture:Parthenon Notre Dame

EVALUATING

• Solicit student AND peer feedback

• Decompress and objectify

• Put your experience back into the process

YOU ARE A RESOURCEShow Students what You See