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	Information graphics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In order to interpret the meaning of these graphics appropriately, the viewer requires a suitable level of graphicacy.
		In many cases, the required graphicacy involves comprehension skills that are learned rather than innate.
		At a fundamental level, the skills of decoding individual graphic signs and symbols must be acquired before sense can be made of an information graphic as a whole.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Information_graphics (979 words)

	The Reginald Phillips Research Programme
		Graphicacy is the ability to understand and present information in the form of sketches, photographs, diagrams, maps, plans, charts, graphs and other non-textual, two-dimensional formats.
		A certain level of graphicacy is assumed of the adult population nowadays, as demonstrated by the widespread use of graphics in newspapers, television programmes, instruction manuals and government information leaflets aimed at the general public.
		If we have convinced you by this stage that graphicacy is important and may not be picked up satisfactorily by children as they go along, you may be wondering how much effort it would take to put it on the agenda explicitly.
	www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk /reginald-phillips/graphicacyPaper.htm (2130 words)

	Online
		Graphicacy: “Communication of information that cannot be conveyed by verbal or numerical means alone”
		Before investigating ways in which children might be encouraged to develop their graphicacy skills, I decided to see if the conclusions of this fifty-year old research might still be valid.
		I asked the teacher of a Y1 class in an urban primary school to present individual children with two images: the first chosen because of its level of detail and the second because it is similar to many others found in primary geography photo-packs about distant localities.
	www.pickford.abelgratis.co.uk /vislit/vislit.htm (328 words)

	The Reginald Phillips Research Programme
		We are evolving a conceptual model of tactile graphicacy differentiating the factors involved in comprehension and setting out the skills a competent tactile graphics user should possess.
		A clearer specification of these skills and a better understanding of their acquisition should be of practical value to teachers, and is also necessary for the next stage of our research.
		When we have elaborated our conceptual model of tactile graphicacy sufficiently, we will explore the ideas suggested by our model for introducing children to tactile graphics in a more structured way than at present.
	www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk /reginald-phillips/phaseTwo.htm (342 words)

	FAST: Project Details
		The ability to use and produce graphics is an important aspect of literacy in general, sometimes referred to specifically as 'graphicacy'.
		A certain level of graphicacy is assumed of the adult population in our society nowadays, as demonstrated by the widespread use of graphics in newspapers, television programmes, instruction manuals and information leaflets.
		Phase One (1998-2000): With a focus on learning materials, Phase One of the Reginald Phillips Research Programme explored expectations concerning graphicacy at primary school level for both sighted and visually impaired children, and went on to document the experiences of visually impaired pupils and their teachers in using tactile graphics.
	www.fastuk.org /project_details.php?Ref=805 (616 words)

	Model Interpretation: Northern Illinois, 1833 & 1853
		A good place to see how historians want students to learn by using historic maps is Bruce Fetter's Teaching Graphicacy in the University Classroom.
		Without referring to the text, see how well you can do using the maps found here to identify the changes that occurred in northern Illinois' Joe Davis County between 1833 and 1853.
		With this information you are better able to assess these maps and how representative they may be for particular points in time.
	historymatters.gmu.edu /mse/maps/illinois.html (413 words)

	Pupilvision - Dept. Reports
		The department makes effective use of the computers elsewhere in school either in the computer room or in the library.
		ICT is developing well, the strand 'Communicating and Handling information' is particularly well developed through word processing and scanning Also, graphicacy is well developed.
		There are opportunities to develop reading, writing, listening, speaking and numeracy skills across the geography curriculum and in each year group.
	www.pupilvision.com /deptreport/report.htm (1130 words)

	Comunicación Intercultural ¿Diálogo sin Conflicto? IAICS
		According to Balchin and Coleman (1965), and Poracsky, Young, and Patton (1999),the ability both to understand and to manipulate visual information is an essential component of education for a literate populace.
		To this art educator, the concept of graphicacy resonates with recent initiatives, such as visual culture education, that challenge art teachers to engage their students in analyzing, understanding, and responding to the visual information flowing through society, particularly technology-oriented, consumeristic, late-capitalist societies.
		Following an examination of the concept of intercultural graphicacy, I propose specific strategies to engage students, from the inner-city to even the most remote village, in understanding and critiquing the stories about human interaction, cultural conflict, and idea diffusion that are revealed through images and products.
	php.louisville.edu /a-s/cml/iaics/showrecord.php?id=42 (311 words)

	Online
		Aldrich and Shepherd (2000) raise some pertinent issues in relation to the prior knowldge required by children before they can make sense of some images and, by implication, the assumptions made by the image-makers.
		They make a strong case for the explicit teaching of graphicacy; not as a subject in itself (although it could be argued that it has as valid a place in the curriculum as literacy and numeracy), but in subject contexts where visual images are used to communicate information.
		Sometimes they can be meaningless, or even humourous in their intent.
	www.pickford.abelgratis.co.uk /vislit/vislit2a.htm (208 words)

	JTE - Fall 2004 v16n1 - Dougal MacDonald and Brenda Gustafson
		For example, Anning (1997) proposed that teachers could do more to enhance children's graphicacy through explicit teaching of drawing, as well by becoming more aware of how graphicacy can contribute to children's learning.
		She urges more research into developing graphicacy in educational and non-educational contexts.
		Fleer (2000) advocated assisting children in their drawing through teaching interventions such as making them more aware of the specific purposes of drawing and familiarizing them with different perspectives.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/JTE/v16n1/macdonald.html (5677 words)

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		Final workshop, will be dedicated to presentations of the participants' course projects and closing discussions.
		Initial Topics: Multiple learning styles and Multiple Intelligences, Visual literacy, Media literacy, Graphicacy, and Reconciling social constructionism and standardization.
		The course is meant as an introduction and overview for anyone interested in beginning the Literacy and the Arts specialization leading to an M.Ed.
	www.coe.ufl.edu /school/literacyandthearts/summer04.htm (292 words)

	The individual map user.html
		Map Literacy, or Graphicacy: Many users assume maps are correct, in large part, because it is very difficult to gather evidence to counter the representations shown on maps.
		Yet, maps are crafted by humans and as such may contain biases, errors, interpretations, and misrepresentations similar to those found in news articles, books, television programs, advertisements, and all other forms of human communication and documentation.
		Developing the ability to use maps critically is considered comparable to being able to read text critically - what some call graphicacy and literacy.
	lilt.ilstu.edu /jrcarter/icamuc/individuals.html (1960 words)

	Royal Scottish Geographical Society : Geography and the Three "Rs" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As with language and literacy, geography is using mathematics in context rather than dreaming up the sort of artificial problems that appear in the 5-14 Maths Guidelines.
		In addition to developing language and numeracy skills, geography has a third ace - Graphicacy.
		This it develops in the context of maps and diagrams, items of everyday use scarcely touched in other subject areas.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /~RSGS/educatio/educ2.htm (875 words)

	SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY REPORT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To produce K-12 teaching aids and courses for K-12 pre-service teachers that foster the development of 'graphicacy' or 'graphic literacy'.
		To expand basic graphicacy materials and courses to meld pictorial and numerical skills that better develop an understanding of contemporary theories, issues, and problems in the Earth Sciences.
		To develop all materials and courses based on multimedia techniques and inquiry-oriented investigations in order to allow both K-12 students and teachers to engage in problem solving, decision making, discussions and assessments, and other active learning.
	nasa-alert.arc.nasa.gov /april99_meeting/CSU_reports_april99/SFSU_april99.html (406 words)

	Bibliography on Cartography and Children
		Balchin, W. Graphicacy and the primary geographer, Primary Geographer, 24, pp.
		Barrell, G.V. and Cooper, P.J. Cognitive processes in orienteering: the interpretation of contours and responses to the map as a whole, Scientific Journal of Orienteering, 2, pp.
		Boardman, D. The development of graphicacy: children’s understanding of maps, Geography 74 (4), pp.321-331.
	lazarus.elte.hu /ccc/bibliog/english.htm (6230 words)

	Ill-literacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Or your graphicacy and configurancy - working with patterns and arrangements.
		Given templates or structures or SOPs, most pass muster.
		Unfortunately - in these days when everyone's let loose with a keyboard and printer - many people can't distinguish between a dog's dinner and the cat's whiskers, verbally or visually.
	www.hugh.gibbons.btinternet.co.uk /ill-lite.htm (2135 words)

	Map Making - Paul Baumann
		He notes that the four types of basic intelligence - verbal, social, numerical, and visual-spatial - relate to literacy, articulacy, numeracy, and graphicacy.
		He defines graphicacy as “the communication of spatial information that cannot be conveyed adequately by verbal or numerical means.” The tools of graphicacy are maps, diagrams, photographs, and other spatial documents.
		Many maps are not accurate and are out-of-date, which can create problems for people using them to make decisions.
	employees.oneonta.edu /baumanpr/geosat2/Map_Making/Map_Making.htm (3795 words)

	School of Education :: Primary Humanities :: About the Course :: Foundation
		Further information regarding content and organisation will be given to you.
		Graphicacy is one of the key skills necessary for teaching and learning humanities.
		In this session you will undertake a series of practical activities that explore the development of the use of photographs in geography in the primary school.
	www.education.ex.ac.uk /primary_humanities/about_the_course/foundation.php (1323 words)

	GUS 0262: General Information
		You will indeed finish the course with skills in a specific GIS software package.
		However, broader learning objectives for this course include general scientific literacy and graphicacy (the understanding and creation of maps and other graphic representations), as well as developing critical thinking skills.
		There are no course prerequisites; however a working knowledge of Windows and basic file management is expected.
	astro.temple.edu /~jmennis/Courses/GUS_0262/generalInfo.htm (590 words)

	RE: Graphicacy skills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I'm particularly interested in the idea of diagnostic tools for assessing graphicacy skills and on-line learning materials at undergraduate level.
		On a more general note, has anyone come across references to the role of graphic communication within the context of communication skills generally?
		Next by thread: response to graphicacy skills enquiry
	www.shef.ac.uk /uni/projects/sc/cartosoc/1999/Jun/msg00040.html (234 words)

	TCW - Sara Fabrikant's Position Paper
		Whereas the development of verbal and mathematical skills have been central to academic education, graphicacy has not had a similarly prominent role in the curriculum.
		However, visual communication skills to make sense of a data rich environment are likely to increase in importance in the near future, if the data flow keeps growing exponentially.
		Due to the highly visual and interactive nature of IT based products could different levels of graphicacy and pro-active communication skills explain performance differences amplified by IT?
	www.ncgia.ucsb.edu /varenius/tcw/may/fabrikant.html (942 words)

	Tiresias - Current & Recent Research
		Phase One of the Programme (completed in December 2000), focused on learning materials.
		We explored expectations concerning graphicacy at primary school level for both sighted and visually impaired children, and went on to document the experiences of visually impaired pupils and their teachers in using tactile graphics.
		Phase Two is now underway, exploring the skills and knowledge involved in the use of tactile graphics, and addressing two principal questions: 'What skills underlie tactile graphicacy?' and 'How can visually impaired people be assisted in developing these skills?'
	www.tiresias.org /research/cr1.htm (1420 words)

	Pathways to the Graphicacy Club: the Crossroad of Home and Pre-School -- Anning 3 (1): 5 -- Journal of Early Childhood ...
		Pathways to the Graphicacy Club: the Crossroad of Home and Pre-School -- Anning 3 (1): 5 -- Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
		Pathways to the Graphicacy Club: the Crossroad of Home and Pre-School
		The article challenges the narrow versions of literacy in current
	ecl.sagepub.com /cgi/content/abstract/3/1/5 (230 words)

	Amazon.ca: Critical Graphicacy: Understanding Visual Representation Practices in School Science: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Amazon.ca: Critical Graphicacy: Understanding Visual Representation Practices in School Science: Books
		Critical Graphicacy: Understanding Visual Representation Practices in School Science
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	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1402033753 (302 words)

	NACIS: Welcome to NACIS.org \| HOME
		To support and coordinate activities with other professional organizations and institutions involved with cartographic information
		To improve the use of cartographic materials through education and to promote graphicacy
		To promote and coordinate the acquisition, preservation, and automated retrieval of all types of cartographic material
	www.nacis.org (258 words)

	DBLP: Rudi Lutz
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		Richard Cox, Pablo Romero, Benedict du Boulay, Rudi Lutz: A Cognitive Processing Perspective on Student Programmers' 'Graphicacy'.
		Pablo Romero, Benedict du Boulay, Rudi Lutz, Richard Cox: The effects of graphical and textual visualisations in multi-representational debugging environments.
	www.vldb.org /dblp/db/indices/a-tree/l/Lutz:Rudi.html (217 words)

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