Telling Pieces: Art As Literacy in Middle School Classes

by Peggy Albers and Sharon Murphy

Book Overview

Telling Pieces is an exploration of how pre-adolescent middle-school children develop a knowledge and understanding of the conventions of art (art as literacy) and how they use this knowledge to create representations of their lives in a small midwestern U.S. town.

Beginning with an overview of social semiotics and emergent literacy theorizing, the authors set the stage for their study of sixth graders involved in art. A galleria of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080583463X
• ISBN13: 9780805834635
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"