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USING PHOTOGRAPHS AS TEACHING AIDS
Photographs can be used for teaching in many
ways:
• in pamphlets and books
• on posters or flannel-boards
• in the form of or slides for projection or
presentation using computers (see p. 13-11)
If your program can buy or
borrow a camera and afford the
film, you can take many photos to
use for health education. Many cell
phones can also take photos.
Whether you have a camera or not,
good photos can be cut from magazines or
newspapers to make posters, flannel-board
figures, and other teaching aids.
Good photos can help bring ideas
to life and make them convincing.
Advertisements with harmful
health messages, like this. . .
... can be used to make posters
with helpful messages, like
those below.
MORE
APPROPRIATE
NOT
APPROPRIATE
For persons who
cannot read, this
poster still makes
bottle feeding
look desirable.
Pictures should
strengthen, not
contradict, the
message.
MOST
APPROPRIATE
This poster
is better,
but the
message is
negative.
This positive
message uses
part of the
advertisement
and a line
drawing.
Be sure the picture carries a helpful message—with or without the words.