Picture Perfect Teaching: Explorations of the hidden power of the image as a creative space for every learner

Join the University of Strathclyde on Monday 7th and Monday 14th December 6pm-8pm, online for Picture Perfect Teaching: Explorations of the hidden power of the image as a creative space for every learner. 

This two-session, online course explains why pictures make excellent an excellent starting point for learning, especially in linguistically diverse classrooms. We draw on Project Zero's research on Making Thinking Visible which promotes the idea that art and images can be used to develop students' key skills of observation, interpretation, and questioning. We explore how teacher can use images as starting points to hook and motivate learners' natural curiosity about the world. This method can cut across all disciplinary boundaries.   

We will explain how to select and curate images and build visual literacy as an aspect of day-to-day teaching and learning routines.

This session is suited to teachers in both primary and secondary sectors, and across all subject disciplines. We will unpack why a ‘picture pedagogy’ should be better understood and applied in supporting participatory, inclusive, and equitable classroom practices.

Please note, this course is funded for the Highlands and Islands and Argyll and Bute areas.

Booking priority will be given to people living and working in these areas. If places become available, these will be offered more widely, so it is worth still booking a place if you are interested in this course.  

To register, please complete our online booking form. 

Please note, these courses are funded by Scottish Union Learning (SUL). Part of the requirement of funding is the completion of basic registration forms prior to the course. We will keep in contact following your booking via our online booking system.