Drawing to Learn Booklets

Drawing to Learn Booklets

Media Type: Document
Resource Duration: 60 minutes
Number of downloads: 2

These booklets, originally funded through the LearnHigher Centre of Excellence, were written to encourage academic staff to make use of visual approaches in their teaching. Each one offers a brief introduction to the ways in which drawing and other visual methods may be used to support undergraduate and postgraduate learning and research, and contains a range of activities for students.

Each title is addressed to a broad cluster of disciplines: Arts & Humanities;  Business, Education, Law, Management & Social Science; Clinical Education, Health and Social Care; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.  They are also available online at the Visual Learning website at https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/visuallearning/drawing/ along with other staff- and student-facing resources.

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Learning Outcomes

The booklets include too many different activities and potential learning outcomes to list here. In general, use of these resources will help develop students’ ability to:

  • develop their observational skills and learn how to make rapid and accurate records of key data in almost any situation.
  • undertake conceptual drawing to visualise ideas and processes
  • compare their understanding of key concepts
  • develop critical thinking skills and  revise and reinforce their learning
  • develop communication skills
  • reflection on experience, including planning for professional and personal development.

Additional Resource Information

View resources by author(s): Pauline Ridley

Institution(s): University of Brighton

Categories: LearnHigher Resources | Critical Thinking | Diversity and Inclusion | Group Work | Listening and Interpersonal Skills | Visual Literacy and Creativity

Published: 07/02/2026

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