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49Understanding Visual literacy : The Visual Thinking strategies ApproachDabney Hailey, Alexa Miller and Philip YenawineD. Hailey ( )Hailey Group, LLC, Cambridge, MA, USAe-mail: MillerArts Practica, LLC, Guilford, CT, USAe-mail: YenawineVisual Understanding in Education, Wellfleet, MA, USAe-mail: This chapter makes the case for two aspects of Visual literacy that the authors believe to be generally overlooked: (1) that Visual literacy occurs by way of a developmental trajectory and requires instruction as well as practice, and (2) that it involves as much thought as it does Visual awareness and is an integral compo-nent of the skills and beliefs related to inquiry.

visual literacy, this chapter provides an overview of Housen’s theory and research, ... Understanding Visual Literacy: The Visual Thinking Strategies Approach 51 objects, symbols, natural or man-made, that he encounters in his environment. Through

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