TEACHING WITH

VISUAL SYMBOL
“visual symbols will be made meaningful if
we can use them as summaries of our own
direct experiences or our own rich indirect
experiences… a little can stand for a lot”
VISUAL SYMBOL
- representation of signs and
symbols. Visual symbol include
drawings, cartoons, strip
drawings, diagrams, formulas,
charts, graphs, maps, globes.
Kinds of Visual Symbol
A. DRAWING
- A drawing may not be the
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.
B. CARTOONS
- Another useful visual symbol that
can bring novelty to our teaching is
the cartoon. A first –rate cartoon
tells its story metaphorically. The
perfect cartoon needs no caption.
The less the artist depends on
words, the more effective the
symbolism. The symbolism conveys
the message.
C. STRIP DRAWINGS

• These are commonly called comics

or comic strip. Dale (1969) asserts
that a more accurate term is strip
drawings. Make use of strips that are
educational and entertaining at the
same time.
D. DIAGRAMS
• It is any “ line drawing” that shows
arrangement and relations as of
parts to the whole, relative values,
origins and development,
chronological fluctuations,
distribution.
TYPES OF A
DIAGRAM
• AFFINITY DIAGRAM
• Used to cluster complex apparently unrelated
data into natural and meaningful groups.
• TREE DIAGRAM
- Used to chart out increasing detail, the various task
that must be accomplished to complete a project.
• FISHBONE DIAGRAM
- It is also called cause-and-effect diagram. It is most
commonly used to analyze work-related problems.
E. CHARTS
• Is a diagrammatic representation
of relationships among
individuals within an
organization.
• TIME CHART
- Is a tabular time chart that presents
data in ordinal sequence.
• TREE OR STREAM CHART
- Depicts development, growth, and change by beginning with a
single course which spreads out into many branches; or beginning
with many tributaries which then coverage into single channel.
• FLOW CHART
- Is a visual way of charting or showing a process from
beginning to end. It is means of analyzing a process.
• ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
- Shows how one part of the organization relates to
other parts of the organization.
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• COMPARISON AND CONTRAST CHART

• PARETO CHART
- Is a type of bar chart, prioritized in descending order
of magnitude or importance from left to right. It
shows a glance which factors are occurring most.
• GANNT CHART
- Is an activity time chart.
F. GRAPHS
• There are several types of graphs.
Circle or pie graph, bar graph,
pictorial graph and line graph.
• PIE OR CIRCLE GRAPH
- Recommended for showing parts of a 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 symbol.
G. MAPS
• A map is a “representation of the
surface of the earth or some part of
it…”
KINDS OF MAP
• PHYSICAL MAP – combines in a single projection data like
altitude, temperature, rainfall, precipitation, vegetation, and soil.
RELIEF MAP- has three dimensional representations and show
contours of the physical data of the earth or part of the earth.
MAPCOMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC – also called product or
industrial map since they show land areas in relation
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.