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Webinar – Visual literacy and wordless picture books

Webinar – Visual literacy and wordless picture books

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Professor Evelyn Arizpe

Live Webinar - Tuesday 3rd June 3-4pm

The webinar will be recorded and ticket holders will be sent a private link to the recorded session after the event.

‘Children are able to understand different viewpoints, analyse moods, messages and emotions, and articulate personal responses to picture books - even when they struggle with the written word.’
Professor Arizpe will delve into the world of wordless picture books and help us understand how vital visual literacy is to children's understanding and development.

Audience

This webinar is aimed at anyone involved with young children, either professionals or parents. 

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More about the speaker

Professor Evelyn Arizpe had worked in the field of children's literature and literacy for over 25 years. Together with Morag Styles, she pioneered research into children’s response to picturebooks and visual literacy and our co-authored book, Children Reading Picturebooks: Interpreting visual texts (2003/2016) which is now considered a classic study in this area.
Evelyn is currently the Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Glasgow and leads on an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Children's Literature, Media and Culture (IMCLMC).
In 2022 and 2024 she was on the jury for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, International Board on Books for Children and Young People (IBBY).

Tech Requirements

The webinar will be held on Zoom. To join our webinar on Zoom, you’ll need a device with internet access (a computer, tablet, or smartphone) and a stable internet connection.
As this is a webinar your cameras and microphones will be off but you can speak to other delegates through the chat function and ask questions throught the Q&A.

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