Mapping the Landscape of Data Visualizations in Schools and Educational Resources
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2024
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The Eurographics Association
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This study explores the use of data visualizations in school education, examining how they are integrated into teaching practices and materials. By conducting semi-structured interviews with 15 teachers across Austria and Slovakia, coupled with a thorough classification of 5,655 data visualizations in 54 Austrian school textbooks, we gained insights into the landscape of visualization types used in educational settings. Despite the discovery of a wide array of visualization types, our analysis reveals a predominant reliance on simple business charts, highlighting a gap in the variety of methods and resources available for effectively teaching a wider range of visualizations. From our research, we derive lessons learned that pave the way for future development of educational methods and materials to enhance visualization literacy in schools.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:eved.20241052,
booktitle = {EuroVis 2024 - Education Papers},
editor = {Firat, Elif E. and Laramee, Robert S. and Andersen, Nicklas Sindelv},
title = {{Mapping the Landscape of Data Visualizations in Schools and Educational Resources}},
author = {Boucher, Magdalena and Stoiber, Christina and Kejstova, Magdalena and Kandlhofer, Martin and Ertl, Alena and Kriglstein, Simone and Aigner, Wolfgang},
year = {2024},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-257-8},
DOI = {10.2312/eved.20241052}
}