"The Tree Looked Lonely So I Took Its Picture" [electronic resource] : Visual Awareness in Children's Photography / Vivienne Young and E. N. Wright.

A research project investigated the extent to which children's visual awareness and visual literacy were developed through photography. Thirty-four elementary school students were provided with Polaroid "Big Swinger" cameras; they were given one roll of film per day for eight weeks an...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Young, Vivienne
Corporate Author: Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Department
Other Authors: Wright, E. N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973.
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