This thesis explores the role of visual aids in teaching geography in elementary school using the example of textbook entries on Dinaric karst landscape. The theoretical part provides an overview of the general didactic principles and the special didactic principles used in geography lessons that can be applied through the use of visual aids. It presents visual aids as a type of didactic aid and as a tool used in different teaching methods, and details the use of such tools in teaching geography. The theoretical part also details the physiographic and anthropographic features of the Dinaric karst landscape. Furthermore, it analyses the Slovenian elementary school geography curriculum and the visual aids used in three different geography textbooks. The analysis of the elementary school geography curriculum showed that it both directly and indirectly encourages teachers to use visual aids, while the analysis of the visual aids contained in the selected textbooks identified the gaps and the possibilities for improvement. The empirical part presents the findings of a qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews which showed that geography teachers consider visual aids to be an important tool and use them regularly.
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