Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Visual Sources and Elementary Education

The Language Arts article "Let's Go to the Movies: Rethinking the Role of Film in the Elementary Classroom" argues that elementary language-arts teachers should expand their definition of "text" to include film, a valuable instructional resource. The article notes that today's elementary students come to class with a great deal of knowledge about films -- prior experiences which teachers can tap into -- and discusses the application to film of reader-response theories.
Source: National Council of Teachers of English Notes

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