A imagem é um recurso muito utilizado por professores de línguas estrangeiras. Seja uma ilustração, seja uma foto, seja um filme, estes elementos funcionam como um elo entre a língua estrangeira e o aluno, pois estabelecem uma conexão com aquilo que ele já conhece (imagens são universais) com o que desconhecem (língua estrangeira), por estarem sendo iniciados nela. Kress e Van Leeuwen, criadores da Gramática do design visual, afirmam que imagens podem disseminar discursos e posições ideológicas, e por esta razão o indivíduo deve ter um olhar crítico sobre a linguagem visual. É neste sentido que se instaura a necessidade de técnicas que auxiliem o espectador da imagem a decodificá-la. O letramento visual é uma dessas ferramentas. Assim como usamos inferências, analogias e nosso conhecimento de mundo para interpretar textos, o letramento visual é um recurso de leitura que ajuda a decifrar mensagens subjacentes às imagens, decodificando estas últimas em todos os seus aspectos (social, cultural, econômico). Diante do exposto acima, este trabalho se propõe, a partir do letramento visual, a fazer uma leitura de algumas imagens presentes em livros didáticos de língua italiana usados no Italiano no Campus, da Universidade de São Paulo, e nos cursos de línguas abertos à comunidade (CLAC), na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, a fim de verificar se essas imagens possuem mensagens ideológicas ou estereotipadas nas entrelinhas, averiguando, além disso, se foram usadas de forma coerente com a unidade didática, se estão contextualizadas com o diálogo, o texto e o ascolto. / The image is a resource frequently used by foreign language teachers. May be in an illustration, a picture or a film, these elements work like a link between the foreign language and the student, because they establish a connection with what he already knows (images are universal) and what he doesn´t know (foreign language), for he is being initialized in it. Kress and Van Leeuwen, creators of the visual design Grammar, affirm that images can disseminate speeches and ideologies, and that it´s why the individual must take a critical look at the visual language. It is in this sense that it emerges the need of techniques that help the image viewer to decode it. The visual literacy it one of those tools. The same way we use inferences, analogies and our world knowledge to interpret texts, the visual literacy is a reading resource that helps to interpret messages underlying to the images, decoding such images in all its aspects (social, cultural, economic). Taken that for granted, this research aims, from the visual literacy, to do a reading of some images present in textbooks in Italian language used in Italian on Campus of the University of São Paulo and in language courses open to the community (CLAC), in Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in order to verify whether that images have ideological or stereotypical messages between its lines, checking, moreover, whether they were used in a coherent way to the teaching unit and whether they are contextualized with the dialog the text and the listening.

O principal objetivo dessa pesquisa é investigar a leitura de imagens pelo aluno universitário. Essa análise se deu nas aulas de inglês em dois ambientes universitários: uma universidade privada e uma pública ambas do Estado de São Paulo. A importância dos estudos da leitura através da imagem fílmica se dá pelo fato de influenciarem a realidade social. Vimos que esses estudos poderiam se inserir nos novos letramentos, ou seja, numa postura em relação ao educar onde interesses educacionais se engajem pela mudança social, diversidade cultural, igualdade econômica e direito político (Luke & Freedbody 1997:1). Esses estudos foram influenciados pelas teorias Freire que é reconhecido como um dos fundadores da pedagogia crítica. Similarmente importante foram os estudos da filosofia da linguagem que compuseram os estudos base dessa pesquisa e nos permitiram maior entendimento para análise e interpretação dos dados coletados. Alguns teóricos fundamentais para esse embasamento foram Derrida, Foucault, Bakhtin, Bourdieu, Giroux, Luke, Morin, entre outros. A primeira etapa consiste em analisar os discursos dos professores e dos alunos no que diz respeito ao que entendem por leitura. Através dos discursos analisados, discutimos também suas visões de pedagogia e letramento. A segunda etapa busca localizar processos de ruptura através de leituras que revelam construções de sentidos pelos alunos. A terceira e última etapa foca os estudos das imagens pelos alunos e professores através de suas visões do que esses estudos possam representar. Para a investigação e análise dos eventos, realizamos uma pesquisa de cunho etnográfico, ou seja, utilizamos algumas das premissas da pesquisa etnográfica, não seguindo, entretanto, estritamente seus métodos de pesquisa. As conclusões parciais revelam que em ambas as universidades há ainda 1. uma necessidade de rever a educação dentro dos novos conceitos de letramentos e pedagogia crítica. 2. que em ambas as universidades (mormente na uniA) ainda predominam paradigmas positivistas no ensino de leitura, 3. alunos e professores revelam, em muitos momentos, uma tendência a um reprodutivismo (Bourdieu 1982) e críticoreprodutivismo (Saviani 1990) 4. em outros momentos, alunos e professores buscaram ao longo dos cursos processos de ruptura através de construções de sentidos / The main objective of this study is to investigate the reading of images by the university student. This analysis took place in the English classes in two universities, a private and a public university of the state of São Paulo. The importance of the studies of reading of film imagens comes by their influence regarding social reality. We perceived that these studies could be inserted in education literacy studies, so to speak in an educational posture where interests are committed to social change, cultural diversity, economic equity and political enfranchisement (Luke & Freedbody 1997:1). Such literacy studies were initiated by Freirean theories. Freire is recognized as one of the founders of critical pedagogy. Similarly important were the studies on the philosophy of language which compounded the basis of this research. They also provided more comprehension for the analysis and interpretation of the data. Some theoreticians were fundamental provided that they contributed enourmously for the thoretical framework of this research: Derrida, Foucault, Bakhtin, Bourdieu, Giroux, Luke, Morin, among others. The first chapter consists in analysing the discourses of teachers and students regarding their comprehension of reading. Through the analysed discourses, we also debate their views of pedagogy and literacy. The second part analyzes the processes of rupture provided through students´ meaning making. The last chapter focuses on the reading of images by teachers and students through their representations of what reading images could be. For the investigation and analysis of events, an ethnographic research is applied which means that some of the premises of the ethnographic research are respected and some others are not utilized. The partial conclusions reveal that both universities 1. call for a re-evaluation of an education within new concepts such as literacies and critical pedagogy 2. that in both universities positivistic paradigms prevail when reading practices are concerned 3. students and teachers often tend to reproductivism (Bourdieu 1982) in a criticalreproductivism (Saviani 1990) 4. throughout the courses some other circumstances revealed that teachers and students searched for processes of rupture through meaning making

Nos últimos anos, tem-se observado nas instituições de ensino superior, públicas e particulares, uma grande dificuldade dos alunos da área da saúde na aprendizagem de Bioquímica. Este problema deve-se principalmente ao uso da abstração para descrever fenômenos que acontecem em nível molecular, além da exigência de conhecimentos básicos de química. Portanto, para tornar a disciplina de Bioquímica efetiva na formação dos nutricionistas é necessário adotar medidas focadas nas principais dificuldades dos alunos. É muito importante ressaltar a necessidade de uma análise do ensino de Bioquímica no curso de Nutrição de uma Instituição de Ensino Superior da rede particular, pois sua contribuição para a formação profissional é, quantitativamente, superior às públicas. Contudo, as reais condições de ensino/aprendizado vigentes têm sido pouco estudadas, do ponto de vista acadêmico. A presente pesquisa identificou as principais dificuldades dos alunos no aprendizado de Bioquímica e propôs alternativas para seu aprimoramento, usando como modelo de estudo a disciplina de Bioquímica no curso de Nutrição em uma Instituição de Ensino Superior da rede particular. Durante a pesquisa, foi traçado um perfil da instituição e dos estudantes, foram realizados questionários e testes, para investigar as principais dificuldades no aprendizado de Bioquímica. Concluímos que os alunos têm grande dificuldade com as representações simbólicas, problemas em compreender palavras novas, interpretar textos e gráficos. Então, foram realizados exercícios direcionados à melhora da compreensão das representações simbólicas, interpretações de textos e gráficos e a cada palavra nova o seu significado era explicado. Diante da necessidade de compreensão de um conceito químico, o assunto era abordado. Também foram realizadas provas em grupo, para que os alunos tivessem a oportunidade de discutir de forma ativa os problemas apresentados. Para avaliar a eficácia das intervenções foram realizados os mesmos testes usados para diagnosticar o problema. No teste realizado para avaliar o entendimento das representações simbólicas (literacia visual), os alunos acertaram grande parte das questões. Apresentaram considerável evolução nos testes de interpretação de gráficos e de palavras novas. Comparando os depoimentos antes e depois das intervenções pudemos identificar uma maior satisfação no aprendizado por parte do aluno. Podemos concluir que, dentro da realidade apresentada, foi possível aprimorar de forma considerável o aprendizado da disciplina de Bioquímica, que é de suma importância para a formação dos futuros nutricionistas / In recent years, it has been observed that life science students in both private and public universities have great difficulties in learning biochemistry. This problem is due mostly to the lack of abstract thought, required for understanding phenomena at the molecular level, accompanied by lack of basic chemistry knowledge. Therefore to improve the effectiveness of biochemistry teaching it is necessary to adopt measures that address the main students\' difficulties The analysis of biochemistry teaching in the Nutrition course of a private university is considered essential given that their student output is superior to public universities\'. Despite of this, academic research on the actual teaching & learning conditions in private universities is limited. The current research used the teaching of biochemistry to Nutrition students of a private university as a case study. Profiles of the institution and students were drawn and questionnaires and tests carried out to investigate the main difficulties faced by students. We concluded that students have great difficulty in understanding symbolic representations, have problems in understanding new vocabulary and interpreting texts and graphs. Therefore, students were subjected to exercises aimed at developing the understanding of symbolic representations and text and graphics interpretation, with the meaning of each new word explained. Chemistry concepts were discussed as required. Assessments were held in small groups, to provide students the opportunity to actively discuss the issues being presented. To evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions the students were subjected to the same tests used to evaluate their difficulties . The visual literacy test showed considerable improvements in graphs interpretation and new vocabulary. A comparison of before and after evaluation sheets pointed that students were more satisfied with the learning experience following the interventions. Therefore we conclude that it was possible to significantly improve biochemistry learning, paramount to a Nutritionist\'s training

A imagem é um recurso muito utilizado por professores de línguas estrangeiras. Seja uma ilustração, seja uma foto, seja um filme, estes elementos funcionam como um elo entre a língua estrangeira e o aluno, pois estabelecem uma conexão com aquilo que ele já conhece (imagens são universais) com o que desconhecem (língua estrangeira), por estarem sendo iniciados nela. Kress e Van Leeuwen, criadores da Gramática do design visual, afirmam que imagens podem disseminar discursos e posições ideológicas, e por esta razão o indivíduo deve ter um olhar crítico sobre a linguagem visual. É neste sentido que se instaura a necessidade de técnicas que auxiliem o espectador da imagem a decodificá-la. O letramento visual é uma dessas ferramentas. Assim como usamos inferências, analogias e nosso conhecimento de mundo para interpretar textos, o letramento visual é um recurso de leitura que ajuda a decifrar mensagens subjacentes às imagens, decodificando estas últimas em todos os seus aspectos (social, cultural, econômico). Diante do exposto acima, este trabalho se propõe, a partir do letramento visual, a fazer uma leitura de algumas imagens presentes em livros didáticos de língua italiana usados no Italiano no Campus, da Universidade de São Paulo, e nos cursos de línguas abertos à comunidade (CLAC), na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, a fim de verificar se essas imagens possuem mensagens ideológicas ou estereotipadas nas entrelinhas, averiguando, além disso, se foram usadas de forma coerente com a unidade didática, se estão contextualizadas com o diálogo, o texto e o ascolto. / The image is a resource frequently used by foreign language teachers. May be in an illustration, a picture or a film, these elements work like a link between the foreign language and the student, because they establish a connection with what he already knows (images are universal) and what he doesn´t know (foreign language), for he is being initialized in it. Kress and Van Leeuwen, creators of the visual design Grammar, affirm that images can disseminate speeches and ideologies, and that it´s why the individual must take a critical look at the visual language. It is in this sense that it emerges the need of techniques that help the image viewer to decode it. The visual literacy it one of those tools. The same way we use inferences, analogies and our world knowledge to interpret texts, the visual literacy is a reading resource that helps to interpret messages underlying to the images, decoding such images in all its aspects (social, cultural, economic). Taken that for granted, this research aims, from the visual literacy, to do a reading of some images present in textbooks in Italian language used in Italian on Campus of the University of São Paulo and in language courses open to the community (CLAC), in Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in order to verify whether that images have ideological or stereotypical messages between its lines, checking, moreover, whether they were used in a coherent way to the teaching unit and whether they are contextualized with the dialog the text and the listening.

Selo postal: um artefato com um duplo papel comunicacional. De um lado, comunica legitimando a circulação de correspondências. Por outro, comunica através de seus elementos imagético-verbais. Apesar dos inegáveis atrativos que os modernos meios de entretenimento proporcionam aos jovens, não se pode deixar de constatar que estes pequenos notáveis podem ser utilizados no ensino da Geografia. A pesquisa buscará responder a seguinte pergunta: os selos postais têm potencial para serem utilizados como material didático alternativo e enriquecedor ao ensino da Geografia, e como a utilização dos selos postais em sala de aula permitiria a construção do conhecimento geográfico? O texto referencia a historicidade do selo postal, estabelecendo a relação desta historicidade com a interpretação contextual do espaço geográfico. Aborda o selo postal como uma possibilidade metodológica para a construção do conhecimento em sala de aula, articulado a partir de seis conceitos estruturantes que serão discutidos teoricamente embasados em autores do ensino e do ensino da Geografia, visando esclarecer ao leitor as intersecções desta ferramenta – o selo postal – com a prática pedagógica em Geografia. As diversas imagens que extrapolam desta técnica comunicacional permitem que o professor faça uso para despertar o encantamento pelo estudo da paisagem. O texto reconhece não somente a relação da comunicação com a temporalidade como também a relação deste elemento comunicacional com o ensino da Geografia. O trabalho almeja possibilitar a construção de habilidades e competências fundamentais para a leitura de imagens, a partir da elaboração de propostas pedagógicas que articulem a utilização do selo postal e o insira no contexto de práticas pedagógicas em turmas do 6º ano do Ensino Fundamental. / Postage stamp: an artifact with a double communicational role. On the one hand, it communicates legitimizing the circulation of correspondence. On the other hand, it communicates through its imagery-verbal elements. In spite of the undeniable attractions that modern media offer to young people, one can not fail to notice that these little notables can be used in the teaching of Geography. The search will answer the following question: the postage stamps have the potential to be used as alternative and enriching teaching material to the teaching of Geography, and how would the use of postage stamps in the classroom allow the construction of geographical knowledge? The text references the historicity of the postage stamp, establishing the relationship of this historicity with contextual interpretation of geographical space. It addresses the postal stamp as a methodological possibility for the construction of knowledge in the classroom, articulated from six structuring concepts that will be discussed theoretically based on authors of the teaching and teaching of Geography, in order to clarify to the reader the intersections of this tool - the Postage stamp - with the pedagogical practice in Geography. The various images that extrapolate from this communicational technique allow the teacher to use it to awaken the enchantment by studying the landscape. The text recognizes not only the relationship of communication with temporality but also the relation of this communicational element to the teaching of Geography. The work aims to enable the construction of basic skills and competences for the reading of images, based on the elaboration of pedagogical proposals that articulate the use of the postage stamp and insert it in the context of pedagogical practices in classes of the 6th grade of Elementary School.

'Changing mindsets' is about how teachers are engaging with ‘visual literacy’ — the practices involved in understanding and creating visual texts. The concept of ‘visual literacy’, like other ‘new’ literacies, has arisen in response to changing communication practices in developed, capitalist societies like Australia. This study addresses the ways in which teachers in primary schools are engaging with the visual literacy initiative in the context of the new arts syllabus (Years 1-10) in Queensland. Using a broadly poststructural approach, this thesis explored the changing mindsets implied by this curriculum initiative from three perspectives. The concept of ‘preservation of self’ (Nias, 1987, 1993) was used to examine the personal dimension of change; the concept of ‘trendy theory’ (Goodson, 1988, 1994, 1997) addressed the social and political agendas that drive curriculum reform; while the concept of ‘multimodality’ (Kress, 2000a, 2000b, 2003a, 2003b) drew attention to the cultural values ascribed to different modes of communication. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 26 primary teachers from 11 government schools in a regional centre in 2002. The discourse analysis method was used to analyse the data resulting from these interviews. The data showed that the official discourses featured in the new arts syllabus did not match the discourses used by practising teachers. Although there was some recognition of the significance of the visual mode, most teachers in this study were not aware of ‘visual literacy’. Significantly, the agency exercised by teachers in curriculum reform was shaped not only by their personal identities, but also by the levels of support that they experienced in their working environments. These findings have crucial implications for policy-makers in implementing curriculum change, particularly in the context of the new arts syllabus.

This thesis presents a photography curriculum for a beginning high school level photography class. It is designed as a teaching guide to structure a photography class that incorporates both film photography and digital photographic technology. One of the biggest challenges for teachers of photography is how to structure a curriculum with a limited number of enlargers and space in the darkroom, while incorporating digital technology with limited computer access for students. The curriculum presented here includes three major parts: a traditional photographic film component, a digital photography component, and a concepts component where students will experiment with different photographic techniques of manipulation as well as tackle photographic history, criticism, and visual literacy.

The purpose of the study was to determine if instruction with or without the use of integrated technology made a significant difference in the mean scores of second grade children in a unit of instruction concerning multicultural education and if there were any gender bias.The unit for Multicultural Education was created by the researcher. The researcher designed the Multicultural Cognition Assessment I (pretest), Multicultural Cognition Assessment II (posttest), and Child Preference Inventory instruments.The school corporation chosen as the site for the research had two elementary schools in neighboring towns with two sections of second grade each. Each school had a racially homogeneous population (Caucasian) and similar technology available. One class from each school received lessons with technology, and one class was taught without technology. There were 90 students in the study with complete data available for 78 students. After an initial observation, the researcher conducted the study on Wednesdays for six subsequent visits.ResultsA repeated measures analysis with one within-subject factor (pretest, posttest) and two between-subjects factors method (showing the difference between the use of technology and without technology and gender) was used to test Hypothesis I and II. Hypothesis I concerned the method of instruction and resulted in p = .445>.05. Hypothesis II concerned the effect of gender and resulted in p = .075>.05. No significant differences were found. Both hypotheses were accepted. There was no interaction effect between method and gender. There was a significant difference between the overall mean scores in the Pretest and Posttest analysis at p = .007<.05. A one sample t test was applied to determine if the mean of the overall preference was zero on the Child Preference Inventory. The result of the one-tailed t test resulted in t value of 13.32 with p = 0.000, indicating a positive response toward technology. / Department of Elementary Education

This thesis presents a photography curriculum for a beginning high school level photography class. It is designed as a teaching guide to structure a photography class that incorporates both film photography and digital photographic technology. One of the biggest challenges for teachers of photography is how to structure a curriculum with a limited number of enlargers and space in the darkroom, while incorporating digital technology with limited computer access for students. The curriculum presented here includes three major parts: a traditional photographic film component, a digital photography component, and a concepts component where students will experiment with different photographic techniques of manipulation as well as tackle photographic history, criticism, and visual literacy.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.