Title:
DEFINE A CONCEPT: DRAWING AS A PEDAGOGICAL TOOL

Authors:
Nalaka, G. P. S.* and Samarakoon, S.M.C.N. ,Sri Lanka

Abstract:
The main objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of drawing as a pedagogical tool in defining a concept. The findings of this paper are based on a sample of 400 drawings produced by undergraduate students at a public university in Sri Lanka. By producing their own picture, as an assignment, undergraduate students were asked to respond to the question: “What is meant by Internet”. In this paper we discuss the research process, we analyze the drawings produced and we explore the effectiveness of drawing as a pedagogical tool. The drawing studied in this study are revealed that drawing covers key three modes of pedagogy: teaching, learning and assessment. At the same time, it is also shown that drawing helpful to motivate students to engage in learning while improving their socio-emotional skills like creativity, critical thinking and so on. Teachers are required to adopt more experience-based learning activities and can be adopted drawing as effective pedagogical tool in terms of teaching, learning, and assessment