Source Evaluation: More Than Words: Comics as a Means of Teaching Multiple Literacies

I found this academic source using Google Scholar.

Session Date:
08/10/17

 Resource Used:
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://scholar.google.co.uk/&httpsredir=1&article=1008&context=englishpub Dale Jacobs

 Brief Summary/Description of Source:
A piece on attitudes towards comics in society and how they should be viewed as equally intellectually stimulating as any other piece of literature. 

 What Was I Hoping To Find Out?:
I was hoping to gain an understanding of the attitudes towards comic books in the education system with a view to highlighting the importance of comics to my students.

 Brief Summary of What I've Learnt From the Source:
I learnt all about how why others may argue that classic literature is more mentally stimulating than a comic or visual novel, but why their arguments are false. Furthermore, I've also learnt how to derive meanings from comics, in the same way you might do with a piece of text.

 Reliability of the Source:
I would argue that the source is pretty reliable, as it is a piece by the teacher of composition and rhetoric at the University of Windsor. However, this was written in 2007, so there is a danger of it being slightly outdated with the progression of attitudes towards comic books in today's society.

What Next?:
This piece will encourage me to teach my students that comics should not be viewed as 'lesser' than other literary texts, but as tools for increasing creativity in their education and other interests too.

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