Photo Narratives: a strategy to enhance students’ learning writing practices

Abstract

Nowadays, we as educators face different challenges and our students as well. For instance, in some cases, students do not find their learning practices meaningful; therefore, they decide to drop out of their academic processes. In this sense, we need to offer our students new possibilities for their learning practices. Meaningful learning might be activated if students’ emotions and previous knowledge are connected in their learning process. Through cell phones, students can create new activities for their learning; for example, they can take photos and learn about their context. This photo album will present some photo narratives from a group of students who were at breakthrough level at Universidad La Gran Colombia. The photo album aimed to promote meaningful writing experiences; therefore, students could explore the context where they studied.