Zoom-in! Education Pack
How it works
This section explains the Zoom in! process as it was intended in design. However, the
project is highly flexible to suit all different requirements and capabilities (see the
Teaching Suggestions PDF).
- The following process forms the basis of the project design:
- The facilitator uses the information from the Key Facts PDF to start discussions around the developing world, poverty and sexual and reproductive health and rights – especially for young people.
- These are drawn out to encourage young UK participants to think around the issues of the eight countries providing the images (see the Country Information PDF).
- The facilitator explains how these young people in the developing world have carried out a photo/story exercise to express their concerns and thoughts on sexual health and rights.
- The facilitator shares the photos provided and discusses what the photographer might be saying, what themes might be highlighted in the photos, overlapping with the issues already discussed and using the THEMES section as support if necessary.
- The young UK participants are shown the stories that go with the photos they have been considering.
- Young participants are then invited to choose a photo/story that they particularly like or are drawn to and are then asked to go out and repeat the process – i.e. take a photo and write a story that will act as a parallel to the photo/story they have selected. The issues addressed may be similar or different but essentially the photos should stand as a developing world/developed world pair. We have provided an example of the pairing process within the project (see Example 1). The stories are typical and the images (although they are from stock files) are good examples of the sort of photos the young participants might have taken. Obviously images do not need to show people, but can be more abstract in expression.
- There is a process of displaying and discussing photo/story pairings among participants.
- Ideally the photo/story pairings are exhibited somehow in the school or organisation.
- Participants could be encouraged to consider taking action by engaging in some advocacy activities. We hope that the young participants who become involved in this project will not only learn about sexual health issues, but will want to add their voices to those of their peers in the developing world and demand to be heard. For that reason, the pack provides ideas for taking some of the issues covered in the project further.