DIDACTIC COMICS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL: CREATION TECHNIQUES AND USE

Abstract

The article highlights the urgency of the problem of introducing innovations in the educational process of modern primary school, including information and communication technologies (ICT) and digital resources. The theoretical significance of didactic comics is substantiated, their various types are given. The authors consider comics as a socio-cultural phenomenon and an effective pedagogical tool for primary school students’ education and development. The research demonstrated that didactic comics are characterized by vivid visualization, attracts primary school students’ attention, increases interest in educational material, and increases memorisation. It has been proved that the comic format enables visual and meaningful demonstration of educational information using minimal artistic and digital means. The method of using comics in the junior high school educattional process in the context of teaching different classes is presented. Digital tools for creating interactive comics are offered and pedagogical methods of working with them are given. The following research methods were used: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, the synthesis method, survey, study of the available digital resources and tools for creating comics.