Pictogram in the secondary VET school

Organisation piloting the Good Practice

IES Pedro de Tolosa

Country

Spain

Description of the good practice

The activity consists of generating pictograms for the institute’s facilities.

Background

Our school is located in a rural area where there is a significant number of students for whom this visual support can be very beneficial.

Steps to take if you want to implement the good practice from planning to execution and evaluation if included

  1. Explain to the group that we don’t all process information the same way, and that we need to convey our messages through different means.
  2. Brainstorm different channels of information.
  3. Address the different topics that have come up. If images as a form of communication haven’t been mentioned, the topic should be introduced to bring it up.
  4. Show different images that convey the same message. Compare different images.
  5. Draw conclusions about how images should be designed to convey the information we want.
  6. Work in pairs on a sequence of images and then show the rest of the classmates why we proposed these drawings.
  7. Implement the work in different areas of our school.

Target group/s of the practice

Adolescents with special educational needs in ordinary school. 

EQF-3 → Basic VET programmes: first and second level

Number of students involved

10-15

Benefits, impact on the students and learning outcomes

Different ways of relating to peers as well as increased self-esteem. With this experience they can go by themselves and do other activities. They make their academic learning useful

Suggestions for future users of this good practice

The activity can be carried out with groups of students where there are classmates who can benefit from it.

Other languages

Albania – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Kosovo – Montenegro

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