Kartografinių ženklų suvokimo tyrimas Lietuvos mokyklose

LTStraipsnyje supažindinama su kartografinių ženklų suvokimo tyrimo, atlikto Lietuvos mokyklose 2009 m., rezultatais. Anketinė apklausa vykdyta devyniose mokyklose, iš viso dalyvavo 250 respondentų iš VIII–XII klasių. Remiantis apklausos rezultatais, nustatyti lengviausiai suvokiami ženklai, išryškėjo ženklų sistemų trūkumai, pabandyta ženklus koreguoti formos ir spalvos atžvilgiu, pasiūlyta daugiau informatyvesnių bei tikslesnių kartografinio vaizdavimo būdų. Raktažodžiai: kartografinė semiotika, ženklų sistemos, ženklų suvokimas, ženklų asociatyvumas, mokomoji kartografinė produkcija. [Iš leidinio]

ENCartographic literacy is closely related to imparting geographic knowledge in school where maps or scholastic geography atlases are among the main educational books. Improving the educational cartographic production covers one of the most important parts in the context of cartographic work quality. The article presents the results of a cartographic sign perception survey carried out in Lithuanian schools in 2009. The study used the questionnaire survey method. It was organized in nine schools, a total number of 250 respondents from 8–12 forms were interviewed. Five questions and 2 tasks were formulated in the questionnaire: the use of atlases for particular forms and by publishing offices; perception of signs, considering the types of signs; sign standardization demand, selection of particular (easiest percepted) signs in the table of signs used in economic scholastic geography atlases; choice of industry mapping. The results of the questionnaire were processed by the mathematical-statistical method. Suggestions on improving the system of signs were formulated. An adjusted system of signs in economic maps for compilers of maps of scholastic atlases was proposed. Some key suggestions: to map minerals in alphabetical symbols (based on the D. I. Mendeleev’s table of chemical elements); to present branches of industry in circles in 10–12 form atlases as it creates favourable preconditions for increasing the informative content of a map; to progress to standardized systems of signs in scholastic geography atlases on the state level. Key words: cartographic semiotics, systems of signs, sign perception, associativeness of signs, cartographic production for schools. [From the publication]