Lesson 13 

Visual Symbols

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

DRAWINGS

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

POSTERS

-  is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface.

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.” ( Dale, 1969)

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-effect diagrams

CHARTS

- It is a diagrammatic representation of relationships among individuals within an organization. 

TYPES OF CHARTS

Time Chart - tabular time chart that presents data in ordinal sequence

Tree or Stream Chart - depicts development, growth, and change by beginning with a simple course with spread outs into many branches

Flowchart - visual way of showing a process from beginning to end

Organizational Chart - shows how one part of the organization relates to other parts of the organization

Comparison and Contrast Chart – shows similarities and differences

Pareto chart - type of bar chart, prioritized in descending order of magnitude or importance from left to right

Gannt chart – is an activity time chart.

GRAPHS

- pictures that help us understand data

TYPES OF GRAPHS

Circle Graph –recommended for showing parts of a whole

Bar Graph – use in comparing the magnitude of similar items at different ties or seeing relative sizes of the parts of a whole

Pictorial Graph – make use of picture symbols

Graphic organizers – you met several graphic organizers in your subject, principles of teaching.

MAPS

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

Physical Map – altitude, temperature, rainfall, precipitation, vegetation and soil.

Relief Map – three-dimensional represents and show contours of the physical data of the earth or part of the earth

Commercial or economic map - also called product or industrial map since they show land areas in relation to the economy

Political Map – gives detailed information about country, provinces, lakes, rivers etc.