CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION ON GEOGRAPHY TEXT BOOK CLASS IX, NCERT

The study is an attempt to investigate content analysis of diagrammatic representation in lower Secondary
School Geography Textbook based on diagrammatic typology. The study analysed and compared the frequency
of the diagrams and the importance of them for the study of the subject ‘Geography’. Content analysis is this
study categorizes the diagrams, drawings, maps, charts, graphs of the textbook. On a whole there are about 12
iconic diagrams, 30 graphical representations, 14 schematic diagrams. There are 12 maps of India and 2 maps
of the world. The results confirm that there should be more use of symbolic diagrams and a better distribution
of graphical representation throughout the textbook.