Visual literacy for engineering undergraduates

• Main Author: Pun, Siu Kay.
• Other Authors: School of Art, Design and Media
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering; DRNTU::Visual arts and music
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94196; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7936; http://www.naun.org/journals/educationinformation/2007.htm
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores visual literacy and its place in the basic literacy skills required in today’s society. It presents the situation in the Singapore educational system highlighting the reasons for the lack of visual literacy training in the schools. As Singapore moves more into its knowledge-based...