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 Developing understanding in Visual Communication Design

Teachers are also encouraged to review the Developing understanding strategies in the following curriculum areas in:

References

Freebody, P., & Luke, A. (1990). Literacies programs: Debates and demands in cultural context. Australian Journal of TESOL, 5(7), 7–16. 

Kress, G., & van Leeuwen, T. (1996). Reading images: The grammar of visual design. London: Routledge Falmer 

Luke, A., & Freebody, P. (1999). Further notes on the four resources model. Reading Online. Retrieved from http://www.readingonline.org/research/lukefreebody.html 

Morris, B., & Stewart-Dore, N. (1987). Effective reading in content areas. Reading Around Series No2.  

Putnam, A. L. (2015). Mnemonics in education: Current research and applications. Translational Issues in Psychological Science1(2), 130.  

Serafini, F. (2012). Expanding the four resources model: Reading visual and multi-modal texts. Pedagogies: An International Journal7(2), 150-164. 

Sturken, M., & Cartwright, L. (2001). Practices of looking: An introduction to visual culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Unsworth, L., & Wheeler, J. (2002). Re-valuing the role of images in reviewing picture books. Reading, 36(2), 68–74. 

VCAA (n.d). Visual Communication Design, Advice for Teachers. Retrieved at: https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/curriculum/vce/vce-study-designs/visualcommunicationdesign/advice-for-teachers/Pages/ConsiderationsToolsandComponentsDesignElementsandPrinciples.aspx
VCAA (2016). Victorian Certificate of Education, Visual Communication Design Study Design 
VCAA (n.d). Victorian Curriculum: Visual Communication Design.