McBean, G.

Rethinking Visual Literacy: Helping Pre-literates Learn

A study was carried out by Unicef to see how quickly villagers could improve their visual literacy. Various "development illustrations" were used with 480 non-literate respondents in the Mid-West of Nepal to test their understanding. The group who received some training in illustration techniques (eg concept of representing perspective) improved dramatically compared to a control group. Men scored higher than women.