LESSON 13 teaching with visual symbols

ARISTOTLE SAID:

THE SOUL NEVER THINKS WITHOUT A MENTAL IMAGE.

Teaching can never be effectivewithout making the abstract ideas .

CONCRETE . ,using visual symbols.

DRAWINGExample:How are you going to draw a man swimming with a big shark under the water?

Take note:

A drawing may not be the real thing but better to have concrete visual aid than nothing.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THIS TO THE LEARNERS?

it will help them discover shapes and create meaningful shapes themselves.

It will enable them to explore and think what does the drawing depicts.

THINGS TO CONSIDER:

SIMPLICITY

OBJECT SIZE(S)

COLOR

TIME

CARTOONS

PERFECT CARTOONS NEED NO CAPTION

CartoonsAnother useful visual symbols that can bring novelty to our teaching.The perfect cartoons need no captions.

Sources of CartoonsThey appear often in newspapers and magazines.

Sketching Cartoons

When to use Cartoons in Instruction?It can use as a springboard for a lesson or a concluding activity. It depends on your purpose.

Strip drawingsThese are commonly called Comics or Comic strip

Sample of strip drawings

Where to use strip drawings in instruction?Serve as Motivation.Activity for students

Sources of strip drawingsIt can be obtain from Newspapers, Magazines and Books

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MESSAGE OF THIS CARTOON?

STRIP DRAWING

Where to use strip drawings?

As motivation or starter.

As activity to express their insights.