This edited collection analyses the use of comics in primary and secondary education. The editors and contributors draw together global research to examine how comics can be used for critical inquiry within schools, and how they can be used within specific disciplines. As comics are beginning to be recognised more widely as an important resource for teaching, with a huge breadth of topics and styles, this interdisciplinary book unites a variety of research to analyse how learning is 'done' with and through comics. The book will be of interest to educational practitioners and school teachers, as well as students and scholars of comic studies, education and social sciences more broadly.
Author(s): Robert Aman, Lars Wallner
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 327
City: Cham
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Teaching with Comics: Empirical, Analytical, and Professional Experiences
Comics and Education
Outline of the Book
References
Comics as a Tool for Inquiry
Breaking Boundaries: The Place of Comics in Art Education
The Absence of Comics in Art Classrooms
Analyzing Comics Using Art Criticism Approaches
Supporting Formal Analysis Using Elements of Comics:
Making Contextual Analysis Using Terry Barrett’s Formula
Evaluating Comics
Conclusion
References
The Superpowers of the Interrogative Mode
Introduction
The Interrogative Mode as a Response to Using the Definitional Approach in Teaching Comics
Method: The Questions of the Interrogative Mode
Example of Informed Interrogative Mode Questions for Readers Conducting Analysis
Application: The Interrogative Mode in the Classroom and Teaching the Conflict
Conclusion
Sample Syllabus
Course Introduction and Description
Schedule
References
Comics and Social-Emotional Laughter
Introduction
Reading Comics for Emotional Relationship
Using Comics for Social-Emotional Awareness
Using Comics for Humour Awareness
Funny Bodies and Critical Reading
Reading Comics for Critical Thought
References
Art Education
Comic Art Ed: Making Comics Is for Everyone!
Introduction
Teamwork
Ideation
Literacy
Self-Actualization
Fun
Conclusion
References
Cartooning in Educational Contexts: A Promising Way to Promote Cross-Curricular Work with Children and Adolescents
Introduction
Cartooning as a Teaching–Learning Tool
A Tool to Develop Multimodal Communication
A Tool to Develop and Express Humor, Perspectivism, and Figurative Language
A Tool to Develop and Express Civic Engagement and Personal Standpoints
Intertwining Theory and Practice: Cartoon Workshops in Educational Contexts
The Analysis of the Corpus Gathered
Results
Humorous Incongruity and Resources
Multimodal Narrative Resources
Topic Addressed and Author’s Motivation
Conclusions from Our Experiences
References
Loosening the Straight-Away of Thinking: Comic-Making as Arts Education
Introduction
Comic-Making and Arts Education
Comic-Making as Exploration
Open-Ended Learning
Loosening the Straight-Away of Thinking in a Lunchtime Comic Club
Exploring Character and Narrative
Exploring Materials
Exploration On and Off the Page
Conclusion
References
Language, Culture, and Communication
‘Multi Is More’: Towards Media-Awareness and Multiliteracy in the Flemish Classroom Through Italian Comics
Too Many Languages in Belgian Secondary-School Curricula?
Setting Up “Italian” Comics Workshops for Sixteen-Year-Olds
Teaching Activities
Evaluating the Activity
References
Astérix in Scottish National Education
Astérix and the Learning Journey
Astérix Chez Les Pictes Learning Resource
What Is This?
How to Use This Learning and Assessment Resource to Improve Practice
What Have We Learnt?
References
Developing Disciplinary Literacy Practices with Comics: Highlighting Students’ Strengths, Questionings, and Knowings in School Spaces
Introduction
Disciplinary Literacy
Fifth-Grade ELA
“What I’m Noticing Here Is…”
Seventh-Grade Social Studies
“You Can Interpret Things Differently”
AP Science
“Things Like This Have Happened Before”
Implications
References
Developing Student Creativity Through the Exploration and Design of Science Comics
Introduction
Defining Creativity
The OECD International Project
Graphic Novels
Science Comics
Research Context
Research Procedures
Elements of Visual Art and Design and Picturebooks
Graphic Novels and the Medium of Comics
Designing Science Comics
The Instructional Activities and Creativity
Criteria 1–3
Criteria 4–7
Criterion 8
Conclusion
References
Social Sciences
Using Comics to Teach East German History
Introduction
Comics as an Educational Tool
Comics and Graphic Novels About the East German Past
Studying Original East German Comics Published Before 1990
Recommendations for the Use of GDR Comics in Selected Teaching Units on East German History
Source Criticism and Comic Analysis Require Competence
References
#BlackFemaleIdentityConstructions: Inserting Intersectionality and Blackness in Comics
Hashtag Syllabi as Tools for Teaching
Comic Book Narratives and Real World Application
Makings of the #BlackFemaleIdentityConstructions Syllabus
Experiences of Black Womanhood
Breaking Barriers
Complete Listing of Syllabi Resources
References
Materializing the Past: Teaching History Through Graphic Novels
Materializing the Past
Ukrainian Notebooks and Berlin
Conclusion: The Obstacles and Possibilities of Teaching with Graphic Novels
References
Immigrant Voices and Empathy: A Guide to Transformative Listening in Ruillier’s Les Mohamed
Introduction
Experiencing Xenophobia and Racism
Comics and Secondary Witnessing in the Classroom
Ruillier’s Guide to Transformative Listening
Intentionality
Sitting with Discomfort
Transformative Conversations
Conclusion
References
