Cocchiarella L. (Ed.) The Visual Language of Technique, Vol. 3: Heritage and Expectations in Education

Springer, 2015. — 179 p. — ISBN: 9783319053257, 9783319053264The book is inspired by the third seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano (July 2013). "Educating by Image. Teaching Styles vs Learning Styles" was the motto of this meeting. The contributions (coming from lectures, the poster session, interviews and round table) aim to propose an updated look at visual education, highlighting how digital tools and networks have profoundly affected the "representational styles" of the teachers and the "cognitive styles" of the learners, while at the same time reaffirming the importance of the interaction between the two groups. As Herbert Alexander Simon once said, "Learning results. only from what the student does and thinks"; therefore "the teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn". That is no mean feat if we consider that, according to Benjamin Samuel Bloom, visual education not only involves the pure cognition, but also the affective and the psychomotor domains, not to mention the social aspects. This is why, alongside some theoretical and historical retrospectives, the contributions recommend a continuous revision of "what" and "how" could be included in the academic curricula, also in connection with secondary schools, the professional world, targeted Lifelong Learning Programmes for students and teachers. The volume includes an interview with the science journalist and writer Piero Angela.Setting the Matter
Educating by Image. Teaching Styles vs Learning Styles
Colloquium with Piero Angela
How Internet Changes Universities
Visual Language in Education: Between Theory and Experiences
Graphics Literacy Education at the University of Tokyo
Visual Representations for Spatial Thinking
Introducing 3D Modeling into Geometry Education at Technical Colleges
The Role of the Image in Engineering and Technical Graphics Education: Through a Lens of Cultural-Historical Learning Theory
The Role of Geometry in Reasoning and Teaching
Images in Education: Iconographies and Experiences from the Schools of the Politecnico di Milano
Graphics Education—Step 1: Foundations
Graphics Education—Step 2: Complements
Graphics Education—Step 3: Upgrade
Introduction to the School of Architectural Engineering
A Cartogram is Worth a Thousand Maps: The Multi-faced Image of Our Earth
Iconography of Science Representations as Visual Concepts in the Digital Era. First Outline
Surfing the Visible. Drawing Templates, Scientific Taxonomy, Web Interface. Visual Design of Digital Interfaces for the Photographic Archives of the Municipal Aquarium of Milan
Yon Effect
Xenophonic: From Concept to Product
In Verbis Virtus
Friezes: From Images to Construction and Classification
Rose Windows: From Images to Construction and Classification
Teaching to Teachers, Learning from Learners (Part 1)
Teaching to Teachers, Learning from Learners (Part 2)Appendix: 4 Questions to the Students About the Visual Language