The normative understanding of academic literacy relates mainly to textual reading and writing. While texts might well be dominant, other literacies such as numeracy and visual literacy are equally dominant in higher education studies. The context of academic literacy is here located within five first-year diploma subjects where visual literacy and numeracy emerged...

The normative understanding of academic literacy relates mainly to textual reading and writing. While texts might well be dominant, other literacies such as numeracy and visual literacy are equally dominant in higher education studies. The context of academic literacy is here located within five first-year diploma subjects where visual literacy and numeracy emerged...