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Type
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Book Chapter
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Author
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Alfonso Gutiérrez Martín
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Year
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2023
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Publisher
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Springer
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Abstract
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Photography and visual language, despite their importance and ubiquity in the aftermath of digitization, do not seem to have been given a prominent position in school curricula or in teacher training. Their integration in teaching is mainly carried out in the service of the presentation and learning of other subjects, and in teacher training, when it is not limited to technological aspects, the most that is covered is the analysis of the didactic potential of the image, its function in the teaching of other arts and sciences. Visual literacy, media education, photography as an art form, are not sufficiently addressed either in basic education or in teacher training. This chapter analyses the importance of photography in education and proposes its integration in the development of media competence of both students and teachers. If we continue to distance ourselves in the classroom from the way young people create meaning and communicate, if we limit ourselves to forbidding them to take photos and bring their mobiles to class, what kind of school image are we giving?
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Language
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English