Visual Literacy in Schools

For Visual Literacy to have a place in schools, educators must convince:

1. Other Teachers and Administrators
2. Parents
3. The students

! Each of these groups is remarkably concervative (including students) in terms of expectations for curriculum and teaching methods.

I will consider teaching TV (for example) when I can explain to parents, principals, teachers, and students:

1. What makes the TV experience unique?
2. What can it do that other mediums can't?
3. What can "reading" TV offer in intellectual development? (Must also consider what exactly is intellectual development, compared to emotional or social for example, and how exactly can this be measured?)
4. What are the limitations of TV?
5. What does it mean to "read" TV? (Most would argue that the TV experience is passive, and unlike reading a text, no training is necessary.)

The items in this list will change according to the medium considered.