Picture analysis
                                        as a teaching method

                                          Titta Liukkonen

                                                and

                                           Anni Aroluoma

                                              Finland



                                    Why are pictures important?

n  ”Picture tells more than thousand words”

n  Pictures help students to build right kind of image of natural habitats

n  e.g. forest in other countries

   may be different

                                   …Why are pictures important?

n  Students have different kind of learning methods

n  Many studies have shown that pictures help students to recall things learned before (A. Hassi
1987)

                                   What can be seen in pictures?

n  Nature:

n  Abiotic: water/ humidity, topography, weather

n  Biotic: plants, animals, fungus

n  People: age, wealth, health, occupation, values etc.

n  Peoples influence on the environment

n  Land use (buildings, farming, forestry etc.),  pollutions, trashes

n  Causality

n  Why questions and conclusions

n  What cannot be seen?







                                         Topics to discuss

n  When to use picture analysis?

n  With whom?

n  Is it efficient method?

n  How to apply this method to different school subjects?



                                            Group work

n     Groups have pictures from different countries

n     Each group will have different topics to focus on

•    Discuss about pictures as a tool of learning

•    Plan a lesson for kids about your theme

n     Groups will present their own theme for the whole group

                                              Topics

n  Cultures

n  Health

n  Vegetation zones

n  Climate

n  Climate change

n  Flora & Fauna

n  Chemistry of water

n  Peoples influence

n  Correlation between species

n  Environmental problems