In the present thesis, the materials of Social Studies 1 Text Book which have been used nationwide in middle school from 1984 by newcurriculum have been analysed and the materials of text book have been set a limit to photos, charts, maps, pictures an...
In the present thesis, the materials of Social Studies 1 Text Book which have been used nationwide in middle school from 1984 by newcurriculum have been analysed and the materials of text book have been set a limit to photos, charts, maps, pictures and notes.
This study aims at grasping the problems of neglecting the materials of Social Studies 1 Text Book in the learning spot and seeking the way to make an effective use of them. For this purpose, the study on the literature and questionaires for Social Studies teachers have conducted.
The present Social Studies 1 Text Book comprises the two realms of Natonal Geography and General Social Studies, including the four grand units in each realm. The number of pages in each realm is almost the same, The text book contains a total of 211 materials I ike photos, maps, charts and pictures. The materials are frequent in order of photos, maps, charts and pictures. The unit of the each district's life in our nation includes the largest quantities of 49 materials.
The results of this study are as follows.
1. In the distribution of the text book materials in each realm the materials of National Geography are concreter and have more direct relations with the contents of the text book than those of General Social Studies.
2. The quetionairs shows that the proport ion of picture materials to the whole ones is quite high but low in the light of their Practical use In order to increase their practical use, the pictures which are directly related with the contents of learning and large-size color pictures should be located closer to the center of the Page than to the corner.
3. The charts should be increased in number to extend the thinking power of students in diversity and unfinished chart materials should be given to the students to cultivate their problem-solving abilities.
4. In case of statistical charts, even only in the part mentioned in the text book, year after year new statistics should be distributed to the teachers to let the students understand the curriculum rapidly.
5. The map materials of the text book have to be chosen carefully so that they should not be duplicated with those in the Appended Maps of Social Studies if possible.
6. The picture materials should include more explanatory contents that they give explanations for geographical terms and principles than simple ones.
7. Annotations with basic, indispensable and highly freguent terms should be put down to help understand the text.
In order to seek the relativities between this study and the learning effects of Social Studies ,the observations and question aires about 1st grade middle school students are more necessary and have to continue to be studied.
Finally, 1 want the results of this study to be helpful to social studies teachers.