Perception of the Layout of Study Texts by a Teacher

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Perception of the Layout of Study Texts by a Teacher

DREXLER, Michaela, Denis DREXLER, Jan VÁLEK and Petr SLÁDEK

Basic information

Original name

Perception of the Layout of Study Texts by a Teacher

Authors

DREXLER, Michaela, Denis DREXLER, Jan VÁLEK and Petr SLÁDEK

Edition

INTED2019; 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED), 2019

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

Keywords in English

Textbook; eye-tracking; teacher; perception

Abstract

V originále

The authors of textbooks should pay attention to how the content, the concept and as well as the layout of the textbook is perceived by readers - students. However it is necessary to know how teachers evaluate the textbook because they determine the trend how their students exploit the textbook. This article is a pilot study of the issues of perception and attention of learning texts by the teachers of mathematics and physics of elementary and secondary schools. The research was conducted during two workshops for teachers in November 2018. Within these sessions, teachers presented their comments and suggestions on various mathematical and physics teaching materials. Meeting participants were also subjected to eye-tracking testing of different learning materials. The goal of this testing was to identify the attention and browsing very differently conceived texts. One of the key findings is that teachers themselves consider teaching materials with excess text to be inappropriate. Also, the photographs or illustrations used must be designed in a modern style. For example, black and white images are considered to be inappropriate. In broad consensus, these views are held by teachers of different generations. In most cases, male teachers paid more attention to individual materials - read more thoroughly the materials. Both genders in textbooks, for example, do not pay attention to formulas. In the case of illustrations and pictures, the caption and its suitability within the theme are of particular interest. Overall, teachers are more focused on texts, with the emphasis on selecting / evaluating whether the text will be understood from the student's point of view. Teachers of younger and middle age, especially males, consider electronic documents as the key future of learning materials. At the same time, they are very actively using them. Older teachers in these documents also see the future, however, for their greater use, they are prevented by the lack of ICT knowledge.

Links

CZ.02.3.68/0.0/0.0/16_036/0005366, interní kód MU

Name: Podpora rozvoje digitální gramotnosti

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Support for the development of digital literacy, Priority axis 3: Equal access to high-quality pre-school, primary and secondary education

Citovat

DREXLER, Michaela, Denis DREXLER, Jan VÁLEK and Petr SLÁDEK. Perception of the Layout of Study Texts by a Teacher. In INTED2019; 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED). 2019.

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DREXLER, Michaela, Denis DREXLER, Jan VÁLEK and Petr SLÁDEK. Perception of the Layout of Study Texts by a Teacher. In \textit{INTED2019; 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED)}. 2019.

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