Comics in the training process of Science and Biology teachers

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  • Melchior José Tavares Júnior Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644414164

Keywords:

Comics, Biological Sciences, Teacher Training.

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to reflect on comics as a teaching resource in the Science and Biology teaching. From the experience as a professor in the Biological Sciences course, which we worked in the Teaching Methodology subject since 2009, we infer that comics can be useful in education, the future teachers approve its using and they would propose that their students draw up their own comics. We alert to the conceptual adequation, because the use of comics presupposes an absolute correction, unless in the cases in which the teacher wishes to compare the appropriate concept; for language, considering that many cartoonists use a foul language in their productions; for the image, because the authors build characters that are not easily identified as persons or they are unknown animals; for the values, because comics can show particular judgments from the authors.

Author Biography

Melchior José Tavares Júnior, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)

Professor concursado do Instituto de Biologia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática/UFU.

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Published

2015-05-29

How to Cite

Tavares Júnior, M. J. (2015). Comics in the training process of Science and Biology teachers. Education, 40(2), 439–450. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644414164

Issue

educação, v. 40, n. 2, maio/ago. 2015

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Continuous Demand

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