The Visual Differences of the Classroom Walls in Chilean Primary Schools

Autor/inn/en	Errázuriz, Luis; Portales, Carlos
Titel	The Visual Differences of the Classroom Walls in Chilean Primary Schools
Quelle	In: International Journal of Art & Design Education, 37 (2018) 1, S.88-100 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-8062
DOI	10.1111/jade.12130
Schlagwörter	Classroom Environment; Elementary School Students; Visual Literacy; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Visual Arts; Private Schools; Public Schools; Municipalities; Qualitative Research; Institutional Characteristics; Equal Education; Visual Environment; Aesthetics; Chile (Santiago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Literacy; Visualization; Visualisation; Schreib- und Lesekompetenz; Visualisierung; Ausland; Optische Gestaltung; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Magistrat; Qualitative Forschung; Ästhetik
Abstract	In a world increasingly saturated with images, the visual aesthetic dimension should play a more important role in the educational processes. Furthermore, classroom walls could be considered valuable resources to introduce visual literacy among children and teachers. However, Chilean educational policies tend not to pay much attention to visual culture in the classroom. Hence, the selection of visual images displayed on classroom walls as well as the way they are exhibited should be more carefully thought through. Under the assumption that visual resources are pedagogically significant elements, the present investigation examined the images displayed on the classroom walls of the first year of primary schools in the district of Peñalolén in Santiago, Chile. We present a comparative analysis of visual environments found in different administrative types of schools (municipal, subsidised and fully private schools), using a qualitative method, as well as a quantification of the sample schools. The analysis shows that inequality between types of schools reproduces in images, favouring private schools in aspects such as the degree of planning of the visual environment, student participation in terms of production, the aesthetic quality of the images and its iconographic variety. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01