Teachers are true heroes in today’s society, I owe so much to almost every one that I’ve ever had the privilege of working with. As the daughter of an elementary school teacher, and from teaching some classes on my own, I know that repetition is a key part of passing knowledge from your brain to my brain. And if you think about it, so much of what we do as journalists is a form of teaching, as we inform the public. That’s why repetition can be a very valuable technique in data visualization, and Tufte devoted a chapter to it in this week’s reading, titled “Multiples in Space and Time.” (more…)
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