Visualizing Intercultural Literacy: Engaging critically with diversity and migration in the classroom through and image-based approach

Arizpe, Evelyn and Bagelman, Caroline and Devlin, Alison M. and Maureen, Farrell and McAdam, Julie E. (2014) Visualizing Intercultural Literacy: Engaging critically with diversity and migration in the classroom through and image-based approach. Language and Intercultural Communication, 14 (13). pp. 304-321. ISSN 1470-8477

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Abstract

Accessible forms of language, learning and literacy, as well as strategies that support intercultural communication are needed for the diverse population of refugee, asylum
seeker and migrant children within schools. The research project Journeys from Images to Words explored the potential of visual texts to address these issues. Working in Glasgow primary schools within critical pedagogical frameworks that invite sharing of personal narratives and of cultural knowledge, the researchers examined and evaluated an image-based approach, both for reading and responding to a selection of children’s texts and for obtaining an insight into the home literacy practices of diverse communities. In this article, a ‘generative theme’, as used by Paulo Freire is used to examine how students engaged with reading visual texts, shared their responses and extended their intercultural understanding. The results from this project provide evidence for the inclusion of visual texts and methodologies within critical pedagogies in order to develop intercultural literacy in the classroom.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Language and Intercultural Communication [15th May 2014], available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14708477.2014.903056
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Caroline Bagelman
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2025 09:00
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2025 09:00
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4671

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