instructional strategies

A range of Instructional Strategies are employed in Photography class:

• Teacher-guided demonstrations of photographic processes and techniques

• Class discussion with examples of photography, documents of art criticism, and the history of photography.

• Teacher lecture on art, photography, its history and philosophy

• Student-led demonstrations of photographic processes and techniques

• Group critiques of student photography

• Practical exercises in photographic techniques

• Backwards planning for sustained, multiple-step projects

• Independent project work with one-on-one teacher check-ins

• Video: documentaries and interviews with photographers; technical conceptual developments; demonstrations of photographic techniques

• Teacher-guided brainstorming and creative-problem-solving