Where Form Becomes Function: The Application and Incorporation of Visual Literacy Principles to Instructional Design.

WhereForm

Becomes Function:

The Application and Incorporation of Visual Literacy

Principles to Instructional Design

Visual Literacy is ………

What do you see?

What does it mean?

What is the context of the information in this image?

Information Literacy is ………

What information do you need?

Where will you find that information?

How can you use the information you have found?

Images as Information

• View the film Born into Brothels

• Write a 10 page research paper

• The thesis of your paper must be derived from the film

• Use library databases to find scholarly literature to support your thesis

• Use the film as one of your information sources

Assignment:

Where to Start ?

What do the images tell you about the

world?

What do you see when you look at a

film?

Learning Objective 1

Students will learn how to translate visual information into

keywords

What key concepts are explored in the film Born into Brothels?

Prostitution

Photography

Documentary Film

Poverty

India

Children

Self-Esteem

Opportunity

Creativity

Montage

Learning Objectives 2 and 3

Students will learn thatkeywords reveal perspective

And that

one visual source may be viewed from multiple

perspectives

Which key conceptswill you explore?

Prostitution

Photography

Documentary Film

Poverty India

Self-Esteem

Opportunity

Creativity

Montage

social context

This perspective looks at the film as a document describing the world and society that the people in the film inhabit.

Poverty

India

Prostitution

A paper written from this perspective might discuss the economic and social conditions that perpetuate the red light districts and brothels in India.

Possible keywords :

artistic technique

Documentary films

This perspective considers the film as an art work in its own right.

Photography

Montage

Films can be discussed according to their style of photography, the way they are edited, how the actors are directed, and the type or ‘genre’ of film.

Possible keywords :

personal narrativeFilms are most often seen as story telling devices.

Self-esteem

Opportunity

Creativity

The paper that is written from this perspective would discuss the events that happened to the people in the film – the situations they cope with, how they manage their lives.Possible

keywords :

Prostitution

Photography Documentary Film

PovertyIndia

Self-Esteem

Opportunity

Creativity

Montage

Learning Objective 4

Students will learn that perspective guides search strategy

Which database to researchsocial context ?

• ProQuest’s Research Library

• Art Abstracts

• Sociological Abstracts

Which database to researchartistic technique?

• ProQuest’s Research Library

• Art Abstracts

• Sociological Abstracts

Which database to researchpersonal narrative ?

• ProQuest’s Research Library

• Art Abstracts

• Sociological Abstracts

Perspective: social context

Keywords:

India AND Poverty AND Prostitution

Database:

Sociological Abstracts

Search Strategy

Learning Objective 5

Students will learn how to link visual information with print information via database searching

Articles Found

• Biswas-Diener, R., & Diener, E. (2001). Making the best of a bad situation: Satisfaction in the slums of calcutta. Social Indicators Research, 2001, 55, 3, Sept, 55(3), 329-352.

• Chattopadhyay, M., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Duttagupta, C. (1994). Biosocial factors influencing women to become prostitutes in india. Social Biology, 1994, 41, 3-4, fall-winter, 41(3-4), 252-259.

• Kumar, P. (1961). Prostitution: A socio-psychological analysis. The Indian Journal of Social Work, 1961, 21, 4, MAR, 21(4), 425-430.

• Pillai, T. V. (1982). Prostitution in india. The Indian Journal of Social Work, 1982, 43, 3, Oct, 43(3), 313-320.

Learning Objective 6

Students will learn how to use information in multiple formats (image, text, data)

to support one thesis

Writing Your Paper

Textual Information

Visual Information

Don’t forget to cite your film!

Briski, Z. (2004). Born into Brothels [Motion Picture]. New York: Thinkfilm.

Where Form Becomes Function:Created by

Andrea Slonosky and Jane Suda

Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus