TEACHING WITHVISUAL SYMBOL

“visual symbols will be made meaningful if we can use them as summaries of our own direct experiences or our own rich indirect experiences… a little can stand for a lot”

VISUAL SYMBOL- representation of signs and

symbols. Visual symbol include drawings, cartoons, strip drawings, diagrams, formulas, charts, graphs, maps, globes.

Kinds of Visual Symbol

A. DRAWING- A drawing may not be

the real thing but better to have a concrete visual aid than nothing. To avoid confusion, it is good that our drawing correctly represents the real thing.

B. CARTOONS - Another useful visual symbol that can bring novelty to our teaching is the cartoon. A first –rate cartoon tells its story metaphorically. The perfect cartoon needs no caption. The less the artist depends on words, the more effective the symbolism. The symbolism conveys the message.

C. STRIP DRAWINGS

• These are commonly called comics or comic strip. Dale (1969) asserts that a more accurate term is strip drawings. Make use of strips that are educational and entertaining at the same time.

D. DIAGRAMS

• It is any “ line drawing” that shows arrangement and relations as of parts to the whole, relative values, origins and development, chronological fluctuations, distribution.

TYPES OF A DIAGRAM

• AFFINITY DIAGRAM

• Used to cluster complex apparently unrelated data into natural and meaningful groups.

• TREE DIAGRAM- Used to chart out increasing detail, the various task that must be accomplished to complete a project.

• FISHBONE DIAGRAM- It is also called cause-and-effect diagram. It is most commonly used to analyze work-related problems.

E. CHARTS

• Is a diagrammatic representation of relationships among individuals within an organization.

• TIME CHART- Is a tabular time chart that presents data in ordinal sequence.

• TREE OR STREAM CHART- Depicts development, growth, and change by beginning with a single course which spreads out into many branches; or beginning with many tributaries which then coverage into single channel.

• FLOW CHART- Is a visual way of charting or showing a process from beginning to end. It is means of analyzing a process.

• ORGANIZATIONAL CHART- Shows how one part of the organization relates to other parts of the organization.

• COMPARISON AND CONTRAST CHART-

• PARETO CHART- Is a type of bar chart, prioritized in descending order of magnitude or importance from left to right. It shows a glance which factors are occurring most.

• GANNT CHART- Is an activity time chart.

F. GRAPHS

• There are several types of graphs. Circle or pie graph, bar graph, pictorial graph and line graph.

• PIE OR CIRCLE GRAPH- Recommended for showing parts of a whole.

• BAR GRAPH- used in comparing the magnitude of similar items at different ties or seeing relative sizes of the parts of a whole.

• PICTORIAL GRAPH- Makes use of picture symbol.

G. MAPS

• A map is a “representation of the surface of the earth or some part of it…”

KINDS OF MAP

• PHYSICAL MAP – combines in a single projection data like altitude, temperature, rainfall, precipitation, vegetation, and soil.RELIEF MAP- has three dimensional representations and show contours of the physical data of the earth or part of the earth.MAPCOMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC – also called product or industrial map since they show land areas in relation

POLITICAL MAP- gives detailed information about country, provinces, cities, and towns, roads and highways. Oceans, rivers and lakes are the main features of most political maps.

SUBMITTED BY :JERIC SIRINGANGLADYS SORIANOLOIDA SUGUITANANGELECA SIBBALUCA

SUBMITTED TO:MR. CHRISTOPHER

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