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This dissertation thesis deals with the emotional power and effectiveness of photojournalism in the digital age. It focuses on journalistic photographs in the context of their emotional impact and examines the effects of the emotional response on media recipients. At the theoretical level, the work characterizes the origin and development of modern photojournalism and how it has established itself within media as a separate discipline; the digital age and its specifics in relation to modern photojournalism; and the emotional power of photojournalism itself and theories of emotion. It also briefly introduces the concept of visual literacy and defines ethical standards in the work of photojournalists. The analytical part of the work names specific features of the emotional power of photojournalism and the relationship between emotionality and journalistic photography. It also deals with the similarities between journalistic photography and reality and how mediation of reality through journalistic images has an effect on media recipients, again with regard to emotional aspects. Finally it touches on whether journalistic photographs have the potential to mobilize society through their exposure to the sensitivity and internal attitudes of media consumers, or on the contrary they cause numbness and...

While subject-specific research shows that the use of picturebooks in foreign language lessons is beneficial to the acquisition of a foreign language as well as to the development of visual literacy, there is evidence that the use of picturebooks in German as a Foreign Language lessons in Sweden is being neglected. The main subject of this thesis is to offer suggestions as to how Antje Damm´s picturebook Der Besuch can be employed in German as a Foreign Language lessons in Sweden in order to uncover and discuss different responses to the alien by the main character. The philosophical background of this study is based on Bernhard Waldenfels´ notions of alienness and the event of responsivity. A central line of argument is that the plural character of our experiences determines how the alien is perceived. Bettina Schröder´s work Bild(er)leser wissen mehr! Das Bil-derbuch als Vermittler von “Visual Literacy”: Eine Aufgabe für die Kinder- und Jugendbibliotheksarbeit? is not only decisive for the analysis of the visual elements of the picturebook but also for the design of a questionnaire that enables the thematic exploration of Damm´s picturebook during German as a Foreign Language lessons. By separately analysing the visual and the verbal elements of the picturebook as well as their relationship, the result of the first part of this work points out four approaches to the alien by the main character: isolation, elimination, ignoration (Weghören) and hospitality. Furthermore, the thematic analysis of Der Besuch makes it evident that picture and text tell the same story in their own specific and autonomous way. Based on the results of the first part, the findings of the second part suggest a guideline as how Damm´s picturebook can be used in German as a Foreign Language lessons. A three-phased model presents a set of example questions designed to enable the meticulous exploration of the theme when working with the picturebook.

Final thesis titled Visual Literacy in the Digital Era is primarily focused on understanding image in the context of contemporary digital era, which is characterized particularly by abundance of visual images. Using analysis of principles of New Media and Surface Aesthetics, which is based on visual communication strategies, it tries to define new demands on viewers' perceptional capabilities and emerging consequences for their cognitive functions. Farther there are applied findings of contemporary cognitive psychology and neurobiology on artistic movements of 20th and 21st century and general artistic tendencies. In dependence on the analysis and application of gained findings there is in conclusion reassessed Visual Literacy in its existing definition, which is not sufficient for new demands that has arisen and do not take account of current level of viewers' literacy.

Student studied and presents the principles of Harvard University Project Zero programs The Artful Thinking and The Visible Thinking. The goal of both programs is to help teachers to create a connection between works of art and curriculum and to use the art to develop thinking dispositions of pupils. Student introduces in details principles, reports and impact of the project on the american education system. She then considers it in the context of czech primary school art education and connects it with the czech curriculum domain. The integral part of the thesis is a visual project realized in primary school. The author analyzes different ways of children's thinking and percieving and construction of meaning in the context of visual literacy. On basis of the findings the art project was proposed. KEY WORDS Artful Thinking, Visible Thinking, project Zero, visual literacy, art education, thinking dispositions development, work of art, case study

The thesis studies using PowerPoint presentation in geography teaching, especially for the impact of visualized substance on the effectiveness of teaching. The theoretical part is followed by questionnaire survey to monitor the current situation in Czech schools. Students and teachers of Geography were asked if they are computer users and how are their subjective views and experiences of using PowerPoint in teaching. I also examined the technical background of Czech schools and whether there is even possible to use audio-visual technology in education. I also asked which teaching method was preferred by students and whether they prefered the lessons with PowerPoint presentations. The numer of 62 teachers and 283 students were participants in this survey. Most of them is an ordinary computer user. PowerPoint presentations are often used in Geography. Their opinion of using powerpoint presentations in lessons is rather positive. The most popular method among students is an interpretation, which corresponds with the most common PowerPoint usage. The second part of the thesis includes qualitative research of effectiveness using PowerPoint in Geography lessons. In two parallel classes, there were teached substance, which has been visualized by PowerPoint presentation in one class and by any analog...

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[pt] Vivemos em um mundo inundado por imagens, que se multiplicam ainda mais na era digital. A presente dissertação de mestrado tem como ponto de partida a premissa de que imagens assim como os textos verbais podem ser lidas, pois são representações visuais. A linguagem das imagens é estudada há décadas por historiadores, comunicólogos e semiologistas. Proponho levá-la para a sala de aula, discutí-la e ainda criar um espaço em meio digital para relacioná-la à história vivida, fora do ambiente escolar. O tipo de imagem escolhida para dar materialização a este trabalho foram as tiras de quadrinhos sobre a temática da Guerra Fria. O local de difusão destas é um blog, tipo de diário digital que possibilita a troca de saberes entre professor e aluno. / [en] We live in a world flooded by images, which multiply even more in the digital age. The present Master s thesis has as its starting point the premise that images as well as verbal texts can be read, since they are visual representations. The language of images has been studied for decades by historians, communicologists and semiologists. I propose to take it to the classroom, to discuss it and to create a space in digital medium to relate it to the lived history, outside the school environment. The type of image chosen to give materialization to this work were comic strips on the theme of the Cold War. The place of diffusion of these is a blog, type of digital diary that allows the exchange of knowledge between teacher and student.

The changing role of literacy in primary education, with its emphasis on the acknowledgement of the learner’s values, beliefs, culture, background and language is the focus of this study. The research was concerned with understanding the literacy practices of Foundation Phase Grade 3 teachers who are able to intentionally promote and mediate literacy acquisition among their learners. A qualitative design was used to describe the approaches of effective literacy teachers. The research study discovered that while the teachers made use of a number of teaching methods that underpinned a de-contextualised and constructivist approach, a socio-cultural approach to literacy was lacking. The results call for a broadening of the definition of literacy; one that acknowledges the socio-cultural background of the learners in developing a literacy disposition that prepares learners for a changing world. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Didactics)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / The transformative mission of the White Paper on Education (1995: 19) states that the South African education system is moving towards a single, national, non-racial system where all people are offered equil opportunities. Demographic and other changes make particular demands on the education system. The HSRC (1987:54) claim that distance edcation is increasingly viewed as a possible solution for educational problems. The literature study aims to motivate, from an andragogic-didactical perspective, the use of two-dimensional silent images in study material. A literature study was also undertaken on the perception of silent images and the elements involved in the perception of depth, movement, size, colour, etc., from which certain didactic guidelines were deducted with a view to the design of silent images. The ability of distance education students to identify the elements above, was emperically researched. The validity of the didactic guidelines were verified in this phase. / Die transformatiewe missie van die Witskrif vir Onderwys (1995: 19) stel dit dat die Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysstelsel oorgaan na 'n "enkele nasionale, nie-rassige stelsel" waar daar gelyke geleenthede vir aile mense gebied word. Demografiese en ander veranderinge stel besondere eise aan die onderwysstelsel. Die RGN (1987: 54) stel dit dat afstandsonderrig al meer as 'n moontlike oplossing gesien vir die onderwysprobleme. Die literatuurstudie het dit ten doe! om die gebruik van tweedimensionele stilbeelde in studiemateriaal in die Suid-Afrikaanse situasie andragogies-didakties te fundeer. 'n Literatuurstudie oor die persepsie van stilbeelde en die elemente wat betrokke is by die persepsie van diepte, beweging, grootte, kleur, ens. is gedoen waaruit sekere didaktiese riglyne met die oog op die ontwerp van stilbeelde gestel is. Die afstandsonderrigstudente se vermoe om bogenoemde elemente waar te neem, was empiries nagevors. Die geldigheid van die didaktiese riglyne is tydens hierdie fase geveri fireer. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Didaktiek)