Context: Year 10 GCSE mixed ability Photography class 3 year GCSE course Large, mixed comprehensive school in South East London Introduction: This Action Research study is concerned with the big ideas (Threshold Concepts) in Photography and how they might be meaningfully integrated into a programme of study for GCSE students. I was also interested in the […]

Context: A level photography Threshold Concepts Critical understanding Introduction: What are the key Threshold Concepts in A level photography? Would time spent explicitly discussing them with AS level photography students improve their critical understanding of the subject, helping them to think and behave like artists/photographers? Research question(s): How well do we teach students how to […]