COMICS AS STRATEGIES IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS IN RELATION TO LEPROSY: IDEAS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

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Karina Saavedra Acero Cabello
Lucia de la Rocque
Isabela Cabral Felix de Sousa
Milton Ozório Moraes

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In this paper, we discuss the use of comics in science teaching, focusing on leprosy, a disease that is surrounded by a lot of prejudice and is still a serious public health problem in Brazil. With the aim of increasing the knowledge and diminishing the prejudice related to the disease, we employed a comic strip that was created in our research laboratory. This comic was used in three schools in the 5th and 6th grades. First, the students read it; then, a semi-structured interview was carried on, in order to evaluate this learning resource. Taking into account the students interactions with themselves and with this educational resource, the answers were analyzed through the methodology of the Discourse of the Collective Subject. Based on the results, we suggest the utilization of comics to the process of raising the public understanding of leprosy, and as an effective tool to facilitate the teaching-learning process.

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Saavedra Acero Cabello, K., de la Rocque, L., Cabral Felix de Sousa, I., & Ozório Moraes, M. (2011). COMICS AS STRATEGIES IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS IN RELATION TO LEPROSY: IDEAS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. Journal of Biology Education, 14(1), (pp. 35-48). https://doi.org/10.59524/2344-9225.v14.n1.22321
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Investigaciones y desarrollos
Author Biographies

Karina Saavedra Acero Cabello

Laboratório de Hanseníase, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz(IOC)/ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.Av. Brasil 4365 – Manguinhos, CEP 21040-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.Movimento de Reintegração das Pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseníase (MORHAN)

Lucia de la Rocque, Laboratório de Inovações Terapêuticas, Ensino e Bioprodutos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (IOC)/ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

Departament de Biologia i Geologia. IES Les Alfàbegues. Bétera, Valencia, España.

Isabela Cabral Felix de Sousa

Escola Politécnica Joaquim Venâncio/ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

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Saavedra Acero Cabello, K., de la Rocque, L., Cabral Felix de Sousa, I., & Ozório Moraes, M. (2011). COMICS AS STRATEGIES IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS IN RELATION TO LEPROSY: IDEAS FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. Journal of Biology Education, 14(1), (pp. 35-48). https://doi.org/10.59524/2344-9225.v14.n1.22321