EDU 135 Pictorial Media

Pictorial
Media
Flat/Still Pictures
representations of objects or things on a flat surface. This materials are
considered the cheapest among other.

Guides to Teaching with Pictures

1. Pictures must be clearly seen by everyone.
2. Students must be given a chance to point out what they think are the
important aspect of the picture.
3. The teacher must supplement the student's comments to make sure that
nothing has been omitted.
4. Teacher and students should discuss together what they find in the picture.
5. The picture used in class should lead to the accumulation of related
pictures in the textbook.
6. If the picture used in class stirs the pupils to attempt at illustrating their
own, it is good evidence that a sound use has been made of them.
7. Pictures ought to supply incentives for the use of auxiliary aids, like motion
pictures. Filmstrips and others.
8. Pictures ought to promote supplementary readings.

Reading Pictures
we read pictures in the same way that we read a page of words.
we derive the message from the medium by attaching meaning to it.

A Picture can be read in Four Levels

1. Enumerative Level
this level merely calls for the giving of what one sees in the picture.
2. Descriptive Level
giving a sentence on what is seen or how one sees in the picture looks like.
3. Interpretative Level
giving more meaningful sentences which are of the inference type.
4. Integrative Level
this is relating what one sees in the picture to life.

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EDU 135 Pictorial Media

Photographs
are also still pictures, which can be mounted or unmounted, photographic
reproductions taken from a magazine, newspaper or books.

Illustrations
are nonphotographic reconstruction or representation of reality, etched or
drawn by an illustrator, the teacher or the students/learners themselves.

Purposes for which Flat Picture, Photographs & Illustrations can be used for
Teaching
1. To concretize words and symbols.
2. To lend meaning to what one reads.
3. To introduce or motivate.
4. To correct misconceptions.
5. To summarize a unit.
6. To arouse emotions.

Flashcards
are cards with a limited amount of information on them, such as words,
phrases, questions, photos, numbers, or even a little sketch.

Considerations in using Flashcards

1. The flashcards must be bold and big enough to be seen by everybody.
2. Flash the cards in a fast or snappy manner to develop a fast thinking
response.
3. Flash the cards from back to front.
4. Hold the flashcards firmly at your chest level.

Developing Instructional Materials in Major Areas