Visual Aids
Visual Aids
With the passage of time, altered methods and techniques are entered in the field of education and
teacher use different kind of aids to make effective learning. Visual aids arouse the interest of learners
and help the teachers to explain the concepts easily. Visual aids are those instructional aids which are
used in the classroom to encourage students learning process. According to Burton “Visual aids are
those sensory objects or images which initiate or stimulate and support learning”. Kinder, S. James;
describe visual aids as “Visual aids are any devices which can be used to make the learning experience
more real, more accurate and more active”. Visual aids are tools that help to make an issue or lesson
clearer or easier to understand and know (pictures, models, charts, maps, videos, slides, real objects
etc.). There are many visual aids available these days. We may classify these aids as follows, visual aids
are which use sense of vision are called Visual aids. For example :- models, actual objects, charts,
pictures, maps, flannel board, flash cards, bulletin board, chalkboard, slides, overhead projector etc. Out
of these black board and chalk are the commonest ones. The challenges of classroom instruction
increases when prescribed a course to the class while course books (textbooks) are constituted with too
many interactive expertise activities. Most significantly, it has convert a common phenomenon to
integrate textbooks with audio visual aids as additional or supplementary resource for classroom course
learning activities. Visual aids are important in education system. Visual aids are those devices which are
used in classrooms to encourage students learning process and make it easier and interesting. Visual
aids are the best tool for making teaching effective and the best dissemination of knowledge.