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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-22 1:56 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2024 Meeting
Section: Physics Education
Title:
Using Grassroots Comics to Teach Physics at Secondary School Level
Authors:
Fabiola CHIRIACESCU (1), Bogdan CHIRIACESCU (1), Cristina MIRON (2)
Affiliation:
1) „Nicolae Iorga” High School, Nehoiu, Jud. Buzău
2) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics
E-mail
b.chiriacescu@gmail.com
Keywords:
physics education, conceptual physics, STEAM, grassroots comics
Abstract:
Teaching Physics at pre-universitary level implies a permanent adaptation process. Not only that the technology and tools at teacher’s disposal are permanently evolving, but the students also, their way of thinking and the attitude towards the learning process are changing all the time. Given the dependency of the students on the new technologies, especially the smartphones, some new methods to make them more creative, to encourage them to think by themselves, to develop skills that needs coordination between brain and hands are needed. In the present work, the authors presents the Grassroots Comics method, adapted from solving some social and educational problems to presenting and exploring some basic notions of Physics. Grassroots Comics consist in making an A3 poster with a comic strip of four panels. The format is cheap and takes in consideration the lack of drawing skills of the students. On the other hand, encouraging them to tell a story about a physical phenomenon, makes them to research about the subject, to understand the process and the concepts and to transpose it in a short story with four stages. The analysis and discussions after exposing student’s works are equally important, facilitating discussions, exchanging knowledge, correcting faults in logic or understanding the basic notions etc. The method helps the students to understand some difficult physical concepts, phenomenon and processes from the nature. At the same time, it helps to develop the creativity, critical thinking, drawing and storytelling skills, competencies very needed nowadays.
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