Approach on concepts of physics in science teaching using comics: a case study

Abstract

Conveying a concept considered difficult for students to acquire and helping them learn effectively is still a challenge, as the more complex the subject, the greater the learning deficit. From this point of view and aiming to minimize the barriers inherent to learning, comic strips as an effective methodology, where physics concepts taught in the science discipline were approached herein, particularly those inherent to the student's daily life. Such concepts were presented to the students of the 9th year of Elementary School II from a public school in Maraba city, state of Para, using a magazine in form of comics containing physics concepts. The choice of the magazine in this format and the application of this methodology are based on David Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning. Thus, the student's prior knowledge was considered in order to anchor them to the new knowledge acquired. In addition, an attempt was made to provide the teacher's practice with better applicability at the level of Ausubel's theory, that is, uniting theoretical knowledge to the development of effective and satisfactory teaching, configuring itself as an instrument that facilitates learning and, that in this work, was linked to the methodology of comics.