Abstract
The notion of a classic education has been lost as technology continues to morph into the essential component of 21st Century and as educators also rise to the challenge of teaching the most diverse population of learners in American history. Literacy has shifted to include the vital “visual literacy”, the critical analysis of images, which in the past might have been an artistic pleasure as opposed to a fundamental educational skill. In this paper, I discuss this required change in the expectations of the English pedagogy. To encourage cross-curricular ties, I recommend that educators use the ancestors of today’s current magazine as a visual literacy genre, particularly political serials such as Labor Defender and New Pioneer to reach the high learning goals of visual literacy while strengthening cultural values and ideals of social action.
Highlights
In the past, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic have been the foundation of education
Literacy was the primary goal of English education, and the term was defined as the comprehension of textual sources. Legislation such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Race to the Top Initiative of 2009 brought changes to curriculum and pedagogy across primary and secondary grade levels with waves of standards and assessments
Educators must teach skills that lead students to “College and Career Readiness,” a term coined by the Common Core State Standards Initiative and the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
Summary
Literacy was the primary goal of English education, and the term was defined as the comprehension of textual sources. Legislation such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Race to the Top Initiative of 2009 brought changes to curriculum and pedagogy across primary and secondary grade levels with waves of standards and assessments. Educators must teach skills that lead students to “College and Career Readiness,” a term coined by the Common Core State Standards Initiative and the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). Multiple versions of literacy have emerged, including visual literacy
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