(2011-03) Badenhorst, Albertina Christina Petronella; Gunter, E.; University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Young learners with reading and writing difficulties cannot reach their full potential in
school. Teachers, parents and illustrators of children’s books cannot assume the efficacy
of illustrations as an aid in developing reading skills as a matter of course. Pierre
Bourdieu’s habitus theory explains perceptual diversity. Illustrations, as varied visual
contexts, can be interpreted in different ways and, therefore, also provoke different
meanings. The thesis proposes that the young learner should be provided with a diversity
of visual stimulants. The thesis proposes that such visual stimulants comprise multiple
characterising in illustrated form.