Lesson 13: Teaching with Visual Symbols

Visual Symbols

-are representations of direct reality, which comes in the form of signs and symbols.

 

DRAWINGS

-a drawing may not be real things but better to have a concrete visual aid than nothing. To avoid confusion, it is good that our drawing correctly represents the real thing.

CARTOONS

-another useful visual symbol that can bring novelty to our teaching is the cartoon. A first-rate cartoon tells its story metaphorically.

STRIP DRAWINGS

-a sequence of drawings in a newspaper, magazine, etc., relating a humorous story or an adventure.

DIAGRAMS

-it is any line drawing that shows arrangement and relations as of parts to the whole, relative values, origins and development, chronological fluctuations, distributions, etc.,

TYPES OF DIAGRAMS

Affinity Diagram- used to cluster complex apparently unrelated data into natural and meaningful groups.

Tree Diagram- used in increasing details or various tasks that must be accomplished to complete a project.

Fishbone Diagram- cause-and- and effect diagram.

Charts

-Is a diagrammatic representation of relationships among individuals within an organization. We can have different types of chart:

1. Time chart – is a tabular time chart that presents data in ordinal sequence.

2. Tree or stream chart – Depicts development, growth and change by beginning with a single course ( the trunk ) which spreads out to many branches or by beginning with the many tributaries which then converge into a single channel.

3. Flow chart – Is a visual way of charting or showing a process from beginning to end. It is a means of analyzing a process. By outlining every step in a process, you can begin to find inefficiencies or problems. 

4. Organizational chart – shows how one part of the organizational relates to other parts of the organization.

5. Comparison and contrast chart – Used to show similarities and differences between two or three things.

6. Pareto  chart – Is a type of bar chart, prioritized in descending order of magnitude or importance from left to right. It shows at a glance which factors are occurring most.

7. Gannt chart – Is an activity time chart.

GRAPHS

-pictures that help us understand data.

There are several types of graphs. They are:

Circle or pie graph

-Recommended for showing parts of 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 symbols.

Line graph

Graphic Organizer – an informal organizer

MAPS

- Is a “ representation of the surface of the earth or some part of it.”

Kinds of Map

1. Physical map – Combines in a single projection data like altitude, temperature, rainfall, precipitation, vegetation and soil.

2. Relief map – Has three dimensional representations and show contours of the physical data of the earth or part of the earth.

3. Commercial or economic map – Also called product or industrial map since they show land areas in relation to the economy.

4. 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.

POSTER

-a large printed picture used for decoration