To see / To know. A reflection on the construction of knowledge through images in teacher training

Abstract

This paper aims to provide some clues regarding the particularities that working with audiovisual production acquires in teacher training. In the first part, the article develops theoretical concepts which address the analysis of curricular designs for teachers of elementary education in the province of Córdoba. Subsequently, it revises a set of proposals produced by teachers taking part in a program of curriculum development on the subject in institutes of teacher training in the province of Cordoba. Finally, we propose a final reflection on the work with images in teacher training process, measuring its potential and putting in tension the complex relationship between seeing and knowing.