EFFECTS OF PICTURES IN TEXTBOOKS ON STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY

Sara Kasmaienezhadfard

PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction (Educational Science)

University Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Email: sara_kasmaie@yahoo.com

Mo.: +60172519730

Masoumeh Pourrajab

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Education, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia

Email: mpourajab@gmail.com & mpourajab@um.edu.my

Mohtaram Rabbani

PhD Candidate in Psychology of Child Development

University Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Email: Mina.rabbani@yahoo.com

Abstract: 

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.

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