Book cover for Critical Graphicacy

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This book explores reading and interpretation practices related to visual materials - here referred to as inscriptions - that accompany texts. Guiding questions include: 'What practices are required for reading inscriptions?' and 'Do textbooks allow students to develop graphicacy skill required to critically read scientific texts?' The book reveals what it takes to interpret, read, and understand visual materials, and what it takes to engage inscriptions in a critical way.

  • ISBN10 9048102871
  • ISBN13 9789048102877
  • Publish Date 16 September 2008 (first published 1 January 2005)
  • Publish Status Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 18 October 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Springer
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 320
  • Language English