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It motivates the need for a new research tool, outlines a new taxonomy of graphicacy, and applies it in a methodology studying graphicacy’s curriculum significance. 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The need to better understand the development of graphicacy and its use in the school curriculum is emphasised. The need fora new research tool is explained and the development of a new taxonomy of graphicacy is described. The use of this tool within a methodology researching the significance of graphicacy in the curriculum is introduced. An overview of prior research concerning how children deal with graphicacy is also provided. The paper then discusses the results reported in the context of this prior research. The paper illustrates how graphicacy can affect children’s learning; identifies cross-curricular links involving different areas of graphicacy and consequential transfer opportunities; illustrates how the implementation of a curriculum policy for graphicacy could influence students’learning; demonstrates the magnitude of the research opportunities in relation to graphicacy within general education curricula and suggests the need for collaboration in order to effectively pursue these substantial research agendas.  \nKey words  \ngraphicacy, curriculum, policy, strategy, development  \nIntroduction  \nThe ability to imagine a better future and work towards realising this is ‘key’ to economic development and technological change in every country. Previous research has demonstrated the importance that graphicacy has in these developments as well as in our everyday life; professionally, socially and culturally (Considine, 1987; Stokes, 2002; The Senate Standing Committee on Education and the Arts in Australia, 1981) . Graphicacy concerns the ability to communicate through still visual images, such as maps, diagrams, graphs and symbols (Danos, 2012) . The cognitive requirements that accompany such skills, such as modelling ‘in the mind’s eye’ and critical thinking, help people excel in numerous fields. Important ‘life skills’ are introduced through education from an early age, often with associated curriculum policies e.g. for competences such as literacy, numeracy and articulacy. However graphicacy, which is used extensively in the early years and later through school and beyond, has yet to be introduced in the curriculum through a structured strategy (Hope, 2008; Danos, 2012; Anning, 1997; Wilmot, 1999) . The main  \nreasons for this are believed to be; the low significance attached to graphicacy skills for the development of an intellectually well-balanced human; and the high complexity level involved in analysing and defining the areas of graphicacy, which are both related to a lack of research effort in this area (Danos, 2012; Fry, 1981) .  \nImages can be powerful with unlimited potentials, affecting people regardless of their academic, economic, cultural or religious status (Poracsky et al, 1999). They can educate, inform and inspire; affect one’s perception and decisions; be used as a tool for communicating, learning and recording ideas. Baynes believes they are fundamental to all peoples and cultures; an intellectual activity that links sensing, feeling, thinking and doing. ‘They can be used to effectively model core aspects of future reality which cannot be adequately modelled through language or numbers, such as colour, space, shape, distance and scale amongst others’ (Baynes, 2011:4) .  \nThis paper reports research with two aims:  \n• to demonstrate the wide-ranging role that graphicacy plays throughout general education curricula;  \n• to demonstrate the role that Design and Technology (D&T) can, and should play in developing this essential capability.  \nThe importance of design and technology and/or technology education has been the subject of many curriculum reviews, conferences and papers over the last two decades and it is not the purpose of this paper to","cbCaioJp3K6Q3wi8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioJp3K6Q3wi8","pdf",1343071,18,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Research approach\n# Taxonomy of graphicacy","[{\"question\":\"What is graphicacy in this paper?\",\"answer\":\"Graphicacy is the ability to communicate through still visual images such as maps, diagrams, graphs, and symbols, supported by cognitive skills like modelling and critical thinking.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the paper argue that graphicacy needs a curriculum strategy?\",\"answer\":\"The paper points to the low significance often attached to graphicacy skills and the high complexity of defining and analyzing graphicacy areas, which has limited research effort and structured curriculum adoption.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the new taxonomy used in the research approach?\",\"answer\":\"The paper describes developing an up-to-date taxonomy, using it to analyze graphicacy use in three schools across different countries, and using validated results to design teaching interventions linked to areas of the taxonomy.\"}]","Curriculum Planning for the Development of Graphicacy | PDF",45]