Visual Thinking and Image Reading in Education Graduate Students

Authors

  • Pedro Urchegui Bocos Universidad Isabel I (España)
  • Elena Betegón Blanca Universidad de Valladolid (España)
  • Beatriz Carramolino Arranz Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (EE.UU.)
  • María Jesús Irurtia Muñiz Universidad de Valladolid (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47553/rifop.v96i35.3.88910

Abstract

Visual Thinking (VT) is a cognitive construct increasingly gaining relevance for explaining our mental representation of the world and our surrounding reality. This construct is built from perception and spatial reasoning. These are important concepts for education both, for the artistic and scientific fields. We carried out a VT descriptive investigation with a sample of 314 Degree in Education students from the Universitiy of Valladolid (Spain), Harvard Graduate School of Education and Boston University School of Education (USA). We used the Visual Thinking Scale (VTS) ad hoc created for analyzing the static and dynamic visualization factors, the proportional reasoning, and the image reading. The visual reference of static visualization deficit stands out from results. This shortfall is related the objective image reading (structural and optical-geometric). The proportional reasoning, analyzing shapes and angles, showed substantial differences between its conceptual consideration and visual reading. This paper establishes a cognitive approach towards this deficit related to its graphical interpretation difficulties. We consider the educational modeling relationships between the different types of graphical representation or visual communication systems (graphics, maps, drawings, photographs and animations) for both, content creation, and resource visual interpretation.

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Published

2021-12-19

How to Cite

Urchegui Bocos, P., Betegón Blanca, E., Carramolino Arranz, B., & Irurtia Muñiz, M. J. (2021). Visual Thinking and Image Reading in Education Graduate Students. Revista Interuniversitaria De Formación Del Profesorado. Continuación De La Antigua Revista De Escuelas Normales, 96(35.3), 165–182. https://doi.org/10.47553/rifop.v96i35.3.88910

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Vol. 96 No. 35.3 (2021): “Heritage emergencies” key training for the future

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Miscelánea

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