PDCO III

Vigil Gonzalez - Gimenez

 The Image in English Language Teaching - Chapter 10 -
Images on Canvas: art, thinking and creativity in ELT by
Chrysa Papalazarou
01 Experience with paintings in sixth grade primary school classroom
The approach involves exposing students to paintings, relating
02 them to topics, structuring students’ thinking, and encouraging
note-taking and journal writing.

03 Many benefits for students in terms of the students’ attitude

towards learning, community building, language, and creative
thinking development.
 Paintings constitute the
mode of creative expression
through which ideas and
emotions about our world
are woven in an aesthetic
Mona Lisa
visual language
Leonardo daVinci
 The power of
paintings
Paintings have the
potential to enable
students to understand
better and reflect on
the world they live in.
DOBLE LIFE UNDERSTANDING PAINTINGS BY NIKITA GUSEV
Bullying, disability, To approach
human rights, values and
racism and global issues
xenophobia, through
refugees, war and paintings and art
peace, autism, etc. in general
Note-taking,
journal writing
To document what is debated in class.
It's useful for organizing knowledge.
Need for listening to the partenr's ideas.
Note-taking is personal.
Helps to become more attentive,
concentrated and actively involved.
The Visual Thinking The Visible Thinking
Strategies (Husen, 1999) approach (Ritchhart,
Church, & Morrison, 2011).
What’s going on in
this painting? What makes you say that?
What do you see SEE-THINK-WONDER
LOOKING TEN TIMES TWO
that makes you say STEP INSIDE: PERCEIVE-
that? BELIEVE-CARE ABOUT
BEGINNING-MIDDLE - END
Paintings have the power to:
unlock the doors to
students’ creative learning.
evoke a holistic, emotional
response,
prompt thinking skills
development,
promote meaningful
communication of
thoughts and ideas about
the world students live in,
strengthen the sense of
classroom community
 I see
Brief description of what is
observed in the painting.
conexions with other situations,
Skills worked: Observation and
description
I think
Thoughts evoked by the
painting. Feelings, ideas,
places, moods. What does it
make me feel?
Skill worked: Interpretation,
analysis.
I wonder
Asking for questions. Wondering
about the deep meanings
conveyed by the painting. Make
as many questions as possible in
an attempt to decode the message
inside the painting.
Skill worked: it stimulates interest
and curiosity - Metacognition.
 A WORLD ENVELOPED
IN POLLUTION

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1970S STATUE OF LIBERTY WEARING A GAS MASK

BY VINTAGE IMAGES
ALEXIS ROCKMAN - NEWTOWN CREEK
VANISHING SUN PAINTING

BY BOB ORSILLO
 What is the topic adressed by all the paintings?
Make a mind map that summarizes all the general aspects
analyzed and seen in most of the paintings.
 A WORLD ENVELOPED
IN POLLUTION
BY AM FINEARTPRINTS

I SEE
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I THINK
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I WONDER
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DAFNE MURILLO #REPOST
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STEEL STRAWS - METAL STRAWS

I SEE
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I THINK
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I WONDER
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1970S STATUE OF LIBERTY WEARING A GAS MASK

BY VINTAGE IMAGES

I SEE
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I THINK
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I WONDER
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 I SEE
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I THINK
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I WONDER
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ALEXIS ROCKMAN - NEWTOWN CREEK
 VANISHING SUN PAINTING

BY BOB ORSILLO

I SEE
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I THINK
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I WONDER
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