EFFECTS OF PICTURES IN TEXTBOOKS ON STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY
One essential key element of the curriculum is the textbook which provides a clear structure for teachers and students. This paper is study based on the literature and previous research papers to explain the importance of textbooks as well as effect of pictures in the textbooks on student’s creativity. Images in the textbooks influence the learning process. Students often see pictures before reading the text and these pictures can enhance the power of imagination of the students. The findings of this study show that the pictures in textbooks can increase students’ creativity. The use of images for educational intention and learning is a vital, but designer of textbook should be aware of the utility of an image. This study aimed to help the curriculum planners and designers to reveal the points of strength of textbooks to be reinforced and the points of weakness to be avoided and treated in the future.