초등학교 수학 교과서의 화보처리방식 국제 비교 연구 - 한국, 일본, 미국, 독일을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study is to compare the use of illustrations of the elementary mathematics textbooks in Korea, Japan, USA and Germany and to make suggestions for an improvement of the use of illustrations in Korean mathematics textbooks. For the study, lessons on the “division” in the fourth grade mathematics textbooks of four different countries were selected and analyzed according to the three criteria: kinds of illustrations, sizes of illustrations and purposes of illustrations. In this study, the following facts are found. First, the German textbook has the most illustrations per page and next to it is the Japanese textbook. The Korean textbook has the least number of illustrations per page. Second, the German textbook has the highest ratio of large illustrations over medium-sized and/or small ones and the Japanese textbook has the highest ratio of small illustrations. The American textbook has equal ratio of different sizes of illustrations. Third, the illustration of different purposes - academic, supplementary and decorative purposes - are found in the Japanese, American and German textbooks, whereas the illustration of academic purpose cannot be found in the Korean textbook. From this study, three suggestions are inferred for the improvement of the Korean textbook. First, it should have more different kinds of illustrations. Second, the size of illustrations should be optimized for the content of the page. Third, an academic function of illustrations should be more emphasized than a decorative function of illustrations.