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Towards an Analysis of Visual Images in School Science Textbooks and Press Articles about Science and Technology.

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Dimopoulos, Kostas; Koulaidis, Vasilis; Sklaveniti, Spyridoula – Research in Science Education, 2003

Analyzes the pedagogic functions of visual images included in school science textbooks and daily press articles about science and technology. Indicates that the science textbooks (a) use 10 times more images, (b) use more images so as to familiarize their readers with the specialized techno-scientific content and codes, and (c) tend to create a…

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