Transforming young people's perception of images and photography
The schools weeks are a highlight of the Visa pour l'Image festival. During the third and fourth weeks of the festival, the exhibitions remain open especially for school groups. This event is an opportunity for students, pupils and teaching staff to develop their image literacy.
During the first week, visitors are able to meet photographers. During both weeks they can visit the exhibitions with or without a guide and they can take part in image literacy workshops.
Around twenty exhibitions are available to teachers, to help raise awareness among young people of certain realities in our society, and about the state of the world.
The pupils analyze the photographs and develop their critical thinking skills.
In addition to being able to visit the exhibitions in the best possible conditions, pupils can also meet professional photographers and discuss photojournalism as a profession.
Les semaines scolaires en vidéos
Pupils
Delphine Lelu - Executive Director of Visa pour l'Image
Jean Francois Leroy - Founder and Director General of Visa pour l'Image
Fransisco Proner - Photographer
Gael Turine - Photographer
Miquel Dewever-Plana - Photographer
Barbara Mercuri - Head of educational services, Association Visa pour l'Image
Practical information
Centre pour l’éducation aux médias et à l’information
CLEMI operates under the French Ministry of Education. Created in 1983, its mission is “to promote different ways of using news media resources in education, in order to help pupils understand the world around them, and develop their critical thinking skills” (Decree of April 1993).
As such, CLEMI organizes programs, activities, exchanges, and educational publications for teachers. The goal is to help them understand the news media system, analyze its messages, and use these for educational purposes in the classroom. Each year, CLEMI trains between 15,000 and 18,000 teachers, either through internships for future teachers or through continuing education.
CLEMI has produced a manual for teachers on how to analyze images.
More info on their website: https://www.clemi.fr/