MESHGuides

Enquiry

• What's going on in this image?  (*image can be any visual artefact)
• What do you see that makes you say that?
• What more can we find out?

Explanatory

• What does this image say to us?
• Who are the audience?

What kind of image is this?

• What media has been used to make it?
• Is purpose of this image; art, advertising, documentary, educational, instructional, inspirational?

Purpose

Teachers can access many different types of resources for supporting visual literacy, in addition to the papers, articles and web pages referenced in the other sections of this Mesh Guide, there are communities and online resources designed to further the study, understanding and development of visual literacy.

These might include:

These examples offer starting points and the range and scope of tools and platforms to support  the study and research of Visual Learning

Online media sharing and repositories (search = visual literacy)

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Forms of Evidence:

CONF   -

Conference Proceedings: A conference may involve peer reviewed academic papers or might be for invited professionals and/or academics.

SURV    -     

Survey: This may be a review of documents and data from a number of sources as well as interview or questionnaire data.

INSP -

The report of the inspection of individual or a number of services or institutions based informed by inspection criteria.

EXPOP  -     

There is a good deal now known about the importance of formative assessment and the ways in which teachers can incorporate this into their science teaching. There is work to be done to find the best ways develop teacher’s professional expertise in using the evidence from such assessment to impact on further learning. We welcome examples of approaches to formative feedback including video and details of interventions which have enabled learners to overcome barriers to learning they were experiencing. Email enquiries@meshguides.org