Paul Venzo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Venzo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Venzo |
| SIGNATURE | VENZO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3140-9832 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Developing ocean literacy through a relational model
Schools are a common place where the younger generation can develop their understanding of the ocean and acquire the skills needed to become responsible and knowledgeable ocean advocates. Grounded in a relational ocean literacy model, this study examined outcomes of a place‐based programme integrating picture books, beach excursions and creative classroom activities to enhance primary students' understanding of and connections to their local temp…
Adopting Ocean-Themed Picture Books to Promote Ocean Literacy in Primary Education
Children’s literature about the ocean is a valuable learning tool for increasing ocean literacy in formal education. This instruction is, nonetheless, reliant on teachers’ capacity to explore, appreciate and understand the different ways in which elements of picture books convey ocean concepts. As researchers who work collaboratively in marine science education and children’s literature, we analysed a targeted sample of picture books about a larg…
Diving into a sea of knowledge
Diving into a sea of knowledge: empowering teachers to enhance ocean literacy in primary schools through an ocean education training program
Public Health, Polio, and Pandemics
Reading over and under the waves
Marine science picture books have the capacity to shape what young people know and how they think about ocean environments and marine biodiversity. Despite academic scholarship on marine science literacy broadly, relatively little has been done to study the role of picture books in teaching children about this topic. This paper is an attempt to fill that gap, by analysing 100 ocean-themed books against common marine science concepts and the Austr…
Mums, dads and the kids
Picture books depicting LGBTI + families now form a significant sub-genre within children’s literature. However, despite significant scholarship on representations of queer people in child and young adult literature generally, the way rainbow families are depicting in picture books, in particular, has received rather less attention. This paper seeks to address the need for further critical insight in this area. By undertaking a survey of approxim…
Wabi Sabi
Mark Reibstein and Ed Young's 2008 picture book Wabi Sabi tells the story of a Kyoto cat in search of the meaning of its name. This award-wining children's book explores identity through the composition of various layers of meaning and complexity in form and structure, suggesting that an understanding of identity cannot be expressed easily through words alone. This paper begins by examining how the use of a range of storytelling modes including c…
Honk Against Homophobia
The theory of "symbolic annihilation" or "symbolic violence" has been used in academic literature to describe the way in which sexual minorities have been ignored, trivialized, or condemned by the media. This article aims to de-center research from issues of media representation to consider the capacity for minority groups to proactively use new media and its various avenues for interactivity, social networking, and feedback to fight social exclu…
Honk Against Homophobia
The theory of "symbolic annihilation" or "symbolic violence" has been used in academic literature to describe the way in which sexual minorities have been ignored, trivialized, or condemned by the media. This article aims to de-center research from issues of media representation to consider the capacity for minority groups to proactively use new media and its various avenues for interactivity, social networking, and feedback to fight social exclu…
Mums, dads and the kids
Picture books depicting LGBTI + families now form a significant sub-genre within children’s literature. However, despite significant scholarship on representations of queer people in child and young adult literature generally, the way rainbow families are depicting in picture books, in particular, has received rather less attention. This paper seeks to address the need for further critical insight in this area. By undertaking a survey of approxim…
Diving into a sea of knowledge
Diving into a sea of knowledge: empowering teachers to enhance ocean literacy in primary schools through an ocean education training program
Honk Against Homophobia
The theory of "symbolic annihilation" or "symbolic violence" has been used in academic literature to describe the way in which sexual minorities have been ignored, trivialized, or condemned by the media. This article aims to de-center research from issues of media representation to consider the capacity for minority groups to proactively use new media and its various avenues for interactivity, social networking, and feedback to fight social exclu…
Wabi Sabi
Mark Reibstein and Ed Young's 2008 picture book Wabi Sabi tells the story of a Kyoto cat in search of the meaning of its name. This award-wining children's book explores identity through the composition of various layers of meaning and complexity in form and structure, suggesting that an understanding of identity cannot be expressed easily through words alone. This paper begins by examining how the use of a range of storytelling modes including c…
Mums, dads and the kids
Picture books depicting LGBTI + families now form a significant sub-genre within children’s literature. However, despite significant scholarship on representations of queer people in child and young adult literature generally, the way rainbow families are depicting in picture books, in particular, has received rather less attention. This paper seeks to address the need for further critical insight in this area. By undertaking a survey of approxim…
Reading over and under the waves
Marine science picture books have the capacity to shape what young people know and how they think about ocean environments and marine biodiversity. Despite academic scholarship on marine science literacy broadly, relatively little has been done to study the role of picture books in teaching children about this topic. This paper is an attempt to fill that gap, by analysing 100 ocean-themed books against common marine science concepts and the Austr…
Public Health, Polio, and Pandemics
Adopting Ocean-Themed Picture Books to Promote Ocean Literacy in Primary Education
Children’s literature about the ocean is a valuable learning tool for increasing ocean literacy in formal education. This instruction is, nonetheless, reliant on teachers’ capacity to explore, appreciate and understand the different ways in which elements of picture books convey ocean concepts. As researchers who work collaboratively in marine science education and children’s literature, we analysed a targeted sample of picture books about a larg…
Diving into a sea of knowledge
Diving into a sea of knowledge: empowering teachers to enhance ocean literacy in primary schools through an ocean education training program
Developing ocean literacy through a relational model
Schools are a common place where the younger generation can develop their understanding of the ocean and acquire the skills needed to become responsible and knowledgeable ocean advocates. Grounded in a relational ocean literacy model, this study examined outcomes of a place‐based programme integrating picture books, beach excursions and creative classroom activities to enhance primary students' understanding of and connections to their local temp…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Environmental education (4 works) · Literacy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (2 works) · Coastal and Marine Management (2 works)