한,일 초등학교 과학 교과서 삽화 비교 연구

Abstract

This study was intended to survey and analyze the ilustrations of the elementary science textbooks in the 7th revisedtextbooks of Japan. The analysis criterion was composed of two categories, the kind of ilustration and the role ofillustration. The kind of illustration was divided into five subcategories such as photograph, picture, illustration, car-toon and diagram. The role of illustration was divided into four subcategories such as motive induction, guidance forlearning, the supply of material, the presentation of results. Acording to the analyzing criterion, the frequencies ofrelevant subcategories of illustrations in science textboks were checked and arranged and the resultant data wereanalyzed by grades. The findings of this study were as follows: 1. Korean science textbooks have about 3.29 ilus-trations per page whereas Japanese ones have 4.1. Compared with Korean science textbooks, Japanese ones havepercentage of illustrations is photograph, cartoon and picture in both countrys' science textbooks. Korean ones arehighly dependent on photograph. As a contrast Japanese ones have more ratio of cartoon and picture than Koreanscience textboks. 3. The analysis of the roles of the illustrations by grade basis showed that the role of guidance forlearning is major in both countrys' science textboks. The role of guidance for learning is prominent in Japaneseones, but in Korean ones, the role of guidance for learning is a litle higher than that of the suply of material.