Walter Werner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5375295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walter Werner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walter |
| FAMILY NAME | Werner |
| SIGNATURE | WERNER W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reading Visual Texts
Visual images within social studies textbooks need to be actively “read” by students. Drawing on literature from cultural studies, this article suggests three instructional conditions for teaching students to read visual texts. Agency implies that readers have the (1) authority, (2) opportunity and capacity, and (3) community for engaging in the task of reading in multiple ways. Seven ways of reading images are outlined—instrumental, narrative, i…
The largest ship trackway in ancient times: The Diolkos of the Isthmus of Corinth, Greece, and early attempts to build a canal
Wall Street
Journal Article Wall Street. By Walter Werner and Steven T. Smith. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xiv + 306 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-231-07302-X.) Get access Wall Street. By Werner Walter Smith Steven T.. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xiv + 306 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-231-07302-X.) Steven Wheeler Steven Wheeler New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of America…
Defining curriculum policy through slogans
A Royal Commission on Education recommended extensive changes to schooling in the province of British Columbia. Out of these recommendations arose a curriculum policy for guiding school programmes and student assessment over the next decade. This paper describes the context and production of this policy, and argues that it was characterized in large part by a system of vague slogans. One of these slogans ‐ integration ‐ took on particular signifi…
Life in Schools: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education by Peter McLaren
Viewpoints in Global Education
Additional informationNotes on contributorsDonald C. WilsonDonald C. Wilson and Walter Werner are assistant professors of social education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.Walter WernerDonald C. Wilson and Walter Werner are assistant professors of social education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Schiffsmodelle im alten Agypten
Reading Visual Texts
Visual images within social studies textbooks need to be actively “read” by students. Drawing on literature from cultural studies, this article suggests three instructional conditions for teaching students to read visual texts. Agency implies that readers have the (1) authority, (2) opportunity and capacity, and (3) community for engaging in the task of reading in multiple ways. Seven ways of reading images are outlined—instrumental, narrative, i…
The largest ship trackway in ancient times: The Diolkos of the Isthmus of Corinth, Greece, and early attempts to build a canal
Defining curriculum policy through slogans
A Royal Commission on Education recommended extensive changes to schooling in the province of British Columbia. Out of these recommendations arose a curriculum policy for guiding school programmes and student assessment over the next decade. This paper describes the context and production of this policy, and argues that it was characterized in large part by a system of vague slogans. One of these slogans ‐ integration ‐ took on particular signifi…
Schiffsmodelle im alten Agypten
Viewpoints in Global Education
Additional informationNotes on contributorsDonald C. WilsonDonald C. Wilson and Walter Werner are assistant professors of social education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.Walter WernerDonald C. Wilson and Walter Werner are assistant professors of social education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Life in Schools: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education by Peter McLaren
Defining curriculum policy through slogans
A Royal Commission on Education recommended extensive changes to schooling in the province of British Columbia. Out of these recommendations arose a curriculum policy for guiding school programmes and student assessment over the next decade. This paper describes the context and production of this policy, and argues that it was characterized in large part by a system of vague slogans. One of these slogans ‐ integration ‐ took on particular signifi…
Wall Street
Journal Article Wall Street. By Walter Werner and Steven T. Smith. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xiv + 306 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-231-07302-X.) Get access Wall Street. By Werner Walter Smith Steven T.. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xiv + 306 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-231-07302-X.) Steven Wheeler Steven Wheeler New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of America…
The largest ship trackway in ancient times: The Diolkos of the Isthmus of Corinth, Greece, and early attempts to build a canal
Reading Visual Texts
Visual images within social studies textbooks need to be actively “read” by students. Drawing on literature from cultural studies, this article suggests three instructional conditions for teaching students to read visual texts. Agency implies that readers have the (1) authority, (2) opportunity and capacity, and (3) community for engaging in the task of reading in multiple ways. Seven ways of reading images are outlined—instrumental, narrative, i…
Sociology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works)