LESSON 13. TEACHING WITH VISUAL SYMBOLS

     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. Like a picture, a graph and all other visual symbols are worth a thousand words. The proper use of visual symbols will contribute to optimum learning.

     Visual symbols come in many forms drawing,cartoons. strip drawing(comic strip), diagram, map, chart, graph. For these visual symbols to be at your finger tips, you ought to be skilled at making them. The collection, preparation and use of these various visual symbols depends to a great extent on your own resourcefulness and creativity. They maybe used in different ways and in different phases of the lesson depending on your purpose. If you use them skillfully, your classroom may turn into a beehive of busy students.