Beyond the Classroom: Learning in and through the Art Museum

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Date:27 May 2026
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Time:9am - 10am UTC +1
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Where: Online

Beyond the Classroom: Learning in and through the Art Museum

Language learning extends beyond classroom walls into rich cultural spaces such as art museums. In this session, Dr Sylvia Karastathi introduces site-specific language education and demonstrates how teachers can repurpose museum collections and educational resources to build visual literacy and meaningful language tasks for all ages. Join Dr Karastathi to discover how art museums can become dynamic spaces for language learning.

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Meet the Speaker

Dr Sylvia Karastathi

Dr Sylvia Karastathi is an educator and lecturer with over 15 years of experience in higher education. As Head of Teacher Support at LANGUAGECERT, she leads the development of resources and events that empower teaching communities engaged with LANGUAGECERT certifications. With extensive expertise in coordinating graduate teacher development programmes and managing pre-service teacher training as a Programme Director in transnational education partnerships, she focuses her research and publications on language education, visual literacy and multimodality.

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