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Smartphones as a Support for the Language of Images in Continuing Professional Development

Authors:
Laura Rayón Rumayor
Ana María de las Heras Cuenca
Yolanda Muñoz Martínez
Antonio Bautista García-Vera

Keywords: Keywords-teacher education; photography; smartphones; photo-elicitation.

Abstract:
In this paper, we advance some of the results of a study aimed at identifying the contributions of smartphones as a support for multiple systems of representation in continuing teacher training. The participants are three teachers of primary school. The still-image tools on smartphones enable the representation and communication of situations experienced in classrooms using photography. Taking photos of classroom situations that are considered difficult by these teachers, and later viewing these photos to help them reflect on what occurred in the classroom using photo-elicitation processes, enables us to evaluate the possibilities that smartphones offer to represent and communicate meanings, beliefs and ideas on problematic situations using images, while weighing up diverse alternatives for professional action. They further enable analysis of trends concerning the type of image captured and the meanings associated to them.

Pages: 47 to 50

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: March 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4367

ISBN: 978-1-61208-541-8

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017