The Roles of Cartoons and Comics in Science Education

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Authors

TRNOVÁ Eva TRNA Josef VACEK Václav

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference HSci2013. Educating for Science and through Science
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Web http://www.hsci.info/HSCI_2013_proceedings_smallsize.pdf
Field Pedagogy and education
Keywords cartoons; comics; motivation; science education; using cartoons/comics
Description The use of cartoons/comics is becoming more popular in science education. Cartoons/comics are effective in supporting of understanding science. Our design-based research verified that cartoons/comics may help to better understand the nature of experiments. Study presents advantages and disadvantages of using cartoons/comics, methods of using cartoons/comics in instruction and practical examples of cartoons/comics which impact on students.
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