학습자의 자유 연상법에 따른사회 교과서 지리영역 시각 자료의 적합성 분석

Abstract

In this study, the author investigated what words do students associate when they see visual materials in a textbook, analyzed how much these associated words correspond with learning contents, and examined the correspondency rate of the learning goal and the contents that students wanted to study which were inferred from illustrations. With these steps, enhancing the suitability of visual materialsof geography area in social studies textbook and seeking the directions for improvement of visual materialsare the purpose of this study. For this, in this study, after selecting 20 visual materials that belong to ten periods of class of geography area in social studies textbook, investigation and analysis on students’ association were followed, and then, for the correspondency rate, comparison between the learning goal and the contents that students liked to study which were stated with simple sentences was carried out. Implications obtained from this study are arranged at the below. First, in the process of grasping the learning content and the learning goal through visual materials in a textbook, since students associate the story of visual materials based on their previous experiences and background knowledge, visual materials need to be produced by considering students’ recognition level. Second, if too much information is provided from illustrations, students’ comprehension and concentration tend to fall, therefore, the essential information related to the learning goal should be carefully selected and provided. Third, the production of visual materials that students’ academic motivation and arousal for interest are considered is needed, so that, those visual materials can help students understand the abstract concept of geography, and communicate through their indirect experiences by overcoming temporal and spatial limits.