Abstract
The textbook is one of the elementary teaching aids. It is a very efficient aid utilized to transfer information of the instructional content. Illustrations are a part of the didactic apparatus, contributing to apparentness. Contemporary geography textbooks cannot be imagined without adequate supplementary illustrations. Supplementary illustrations should be clear and unburdened by superfluous details. They should be a sort of an addition to the main text and provide the necessary information of the instructional content. In order to acquire a better view of the level of usefulness of supplementary illustrations in learning process, a research was carried out in nine schools. The textbook utilized to analyze supplementary illustrations was the textbook for the fifth grade of primary school. Students were asked about the usefulness of supplementary illustrations in learning new material and in independent learning. Additionally, questions were related to the usefulness of supplementary illustrations in reiterating material as well. Statistical data processing produced results that corroborated the tremendous significance of correctly and properly selected supplementary illustrations in geography textbooks.
Highlights
The organisation of educational work is complex, and its study is somewhat complicated (Leščešen, et al, 2013)
The questionnaire contained questions related to the geography textbook for the fifth grade of primary school written by Rada Sitarica and Milutin Tadić (2012), published by the Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids
Based on the statistical analysis of the material acquired in the field, results pointed out the fact that supplementary illustrations are utilized to a great extent both in learning at school and in learning at home
Summary
The organisation of educational work is complex, and its study is somewhat complicated (Leščešen, et al, 2013). Many experts insisted on the importance that geographical knowledge had for governors, farmers, retailers and military men. It took into account the role it played in the education of citizens. For this reason, geography teaching had important place in the curriculum worldwide (Meneses, Calderón, 2007). The geography textbook is an inviolable learning/working tool for students. It is an irreplaceable teaching aid regardless of the development of teaching technology and any attempts to follow the teaching process in coordination with the development of that technology
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