[ecrea] Special issue CFP: Developing visual pedagogies in university classrooms

*Call for papers: Special issue of the “Journal of Visual Literacy”*

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*Developing visual pedagogies in university classrooms: **What, why and 
how?*


Digital technologies and social media platforms have tremendously 
changed our daily communication towards more visually oriented. Various 
kinds of still and moving images are created, shared and discussed. Such 
visually stimulated environment demands new ways of teaching and 
learning. However, visual education is still considered mostly in a 
context of preschool or basic education, with repeated focus on art 
education, while university education is continually overlooked. As 
such, visual competency, that is, visual reading, writing and thinking 
skills of university students is often taken for granted. This can be 
due to the belief that daily access to digital technologies and frequent 
usage of images equip young adults with abilities to effectively and 
effortlessly communicate visually. Thus, in the process of formal 
education the amount and presence of visually driven and visually 
oriented teaching is significantly decreasing to finally, and almost 
solely, rely on written texts in the tertiary level. This tendency has 
been recently observed in scholarly literature, and followed by an 
urgent call to introduce visual literacy education in universities. 
However, the gap can be identified in regard to both the methods and 
content of visual literacy education.


With this special issue we attempt to fill the gap by encouraging 
prospective authors to reflect on visually oriented teaching practices 
in university classrooms. We want to compile this special issue along 
the argument that visual literacy should be the basic educational 
requirement for both undergraduate and graduate students. Therefore, we 
welcome theoretical, and foremost, practical papers on visual education 
in university classrooms. Being aware of the palette of various 
definitions applied, we understand visual literacy as a group of 
abilities (skills or competencies) in visual reading (interpreting or 
meaning making), writing (creating or using visuals), and visual 
thinking. As such, submissions across disciplines are welcome.


*Types of submissions:*

 1. full theoretical or empirical papers discussing the need for visual
    literacy, visual education and relevant visual pedagogies in
    university education, or
 2. innovative teaching ideas intended for university classroom that
    employ visuals of any kind or form and which have a potential to
    develop students’ visual literacy skills.

Topics may focus on educational activities that include, but are not 
limited to:

  * photography (creating, interpreting)
  * visual storytelling, videos, interactive documentaries and web design
  * visual collage as a teaching tool
  * creating graphic representations of data, information and knowledge
    in research methods’ courses
  * drawing and drawings
  * visual methods, visual interpretation and critical thinking
  * visual digital technologies and new media as tools in visual education
  * video games
  * memes, ideograms and animation
  * infographics and visualization


Submission guidelines:

 1. *Full article* (5000-7000 words) according to journal’s guidelines.
 2. *Innovative teaching idea* - a short (2000-3000 words) theoretical
    and practical description of activities (single task or activities
    conducted throughout the course) that can be implemented in the
    university classroom. This type of submission should include: a
    title; short abstract (up to 100 words); learning objectives,
    especially in terms of visual literacy development; goals of the
    activity and/or justification for using the activity; detailed
    activity description, including materials and instructions; results
    and evaluation; possibilities and limitations; potential application
    in other fields of study; references.

We strongly encourage visually rich submissions. In the online 
publication you can opt to include various kinds of visuals (videos, 
slide presentations, infographics, photographs, etc.) as well as a video 
abstract. However, you must obtain the necessary permission to use any 
material in your article for which you do not hold the copyright.


Submissions should be made through the journal’s Editorial Manager: 
http://www.editorialmanager.com/rjvl/default.aspx. When submitting your 
paper, please be sure to select this special issue option and follow the 
“Journal of Visual Literacy” reference style guide. All submissions will 
be blind peer-reviewed by at least two independent, anonymous expert 
referees.


This call for papers is open *until 30th June 2018*, the special issue 
is expected to be published by the end of 2018. Please address 
questions, inquiries and letters of intent to the editors of this 
special issue.


Special issue editors:

Joanna Kędra, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Finnish Institute for 
Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 
joanna.kedra[at]jyu.fi <http://jyu.fi>

Rasa Žakevičiūtė, Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Social 
Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 
rasa.zakeviciute[at]jyu.fi <http://jyu.fi>


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