基本説明
Based on studying the reading behaviour of a wide range of 4 to 11 year olds with picture books and on assessing the way they are taught.
Full Description
This book describes the fascinating results of a two year study of children's responses to contemporary picturebooks. Children of primary school age, from a range of backgrounds, read and discussed books by the award-winning artists, Anthony Browne and Satoshi Kitamura. They then made their own drawings in response to the books. The authors found that children are sophisticated readers of visual texts, and are able to make sense of complex images on literal, visual and metaphorical levels. They are able to understand different viewpoints, analyse moods, messages and emotions, and articulate personal responses to picturebooks - even when they struggle with the written word. With colour illustrations, and interviews with the two authors whose books were included in the study, this book demonstrates how important visual literacy is to children's understanding and development. Primary and Early Years teachers, literacy co-ordinators and all those interested in children's literature will find this a captivating read.
Contents
Section I Definitions, processes and models- theories about visual texts and readers; visual literacy - processes, frameworks and models - towards a developmental theory of response to visual texts. Section II Looking and seeing - children responding to picturebooks: on a walk with Lily and Satoshi Kitamura - how children link words and pictures along the way; "A gorilla with Grandpa's eyes" - how children interpret ironic picturebooks - a case study of Anthony Browne's zoo; "Letting the story out" - encounters with Anthony Browne's "The tunnel"; thinking aloud - looking at children drawing in response to picturebooks. Section III Listening, talking, thinking and learning; putting yourself in the picture - a question of talk; "The words to say it" - young bilingual learners responding to visual texts. (Part contents).
