Developing visual critical thinking through the use and creation of multimedia resources
Abstract
Numerous studies have highlighted the impact of images on our ideas and judgments, but few have focused on understanding how to develop critical thinking through visual literacy. This research describes the development of visual critical thinking skills in high school students through constructivist activities with multimedia resources in a Photography course at a public high school in Mexico City. The findings highlight that contextualisation is a feature of critical thinking favoured by visual analysis, allowing for the identification of intention, time and space, hierarchy, power, class, values, feelings, and emotions. The use of multimedia resources and QRs encouraged students’ interest in delving deeper into the images they analyse. The didactic implications for the development of visual critical thinking are discussed.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Literacy
Media
and Education
Art Education and Development
Digital Storytelling and Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Visual Literacy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 24–41
- Publication date
- 2 January 2026
- Language
- EN