Visual representation of the curriculum in geography textbooks: quantification of visuals in educational medium analysis

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/44555601:13440/19:43895013

Result on the web

<a href="https://ojs.bibsys.no/index.php/IARTEM/article/view/587" target="_blank" >https://ojs.bibsys.no/index.php/IARTEM/article/view/587</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v11i2.587" target="_blank" >10.21344/iartem.v11i2.587</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Visual representation of the curriculum in geography textbooks: quantification of visuals in educational medium analysis

Original language description

One of the most important components of the textbook is visuals which might facilitate the learning process. In some cases, however, due to their inconvenient structure, misconceptions might arise. The aim of this study is to analyse and evaluate how convenient the structure of visuals represented in the curriculum in Czech geography textbooks is. For this purpose, we have used an expert evaluation of visuals in 16 textbooks by the quantitative content analysis method. Visuals were categorised into groups based on four analysis criteria: type of visual, headline, thematic focus and colour. We were also interested in the space assigned to visuals in the textbook. The results of the analysis show that the key visual feature in geography textbooks is photographs, whose educational value is far less in comparison to other kinds of visuals. The amount of visuals without any caption is rather alarming. In contrast, there is a high proportion of coloured visuals which might have a positive effect on the learning outcome.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

IARTEM journal

ISSN

1837-2104

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

11

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

1-20

UT code for WoS article

000508420600003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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