On May 5, Cartoonists’ Day dedicated to Richard F. Outcault who created a simple bald cartoon kid in a yellow nightshirt which became popular in late 1890s and early 1990s.
These days, cartoonists make readers of periodicals smile as well make cartoons a source of serious discussion and debate.
In the age of internet, people are trying their hands on on-line comics and cartoon videos.
I have been advocating use of cartoons in teaching various school subjects as indicated my posts on the internet (see the inset clipping)
In a write-up titled "Creating monologue narrative comic frame in science can lead to better recall", Jaipur based educator and researcher, Dr Lalit Kishore who has taught science for many years says, "In science. a single monologue narrative comic frame can foster pupils' interest in learning due to simultaneous use of visual and text. Making pupils create such material from a page of a science textbook can help the child to remember what he or she read, it was told during a session in School Technology course which I attended at Nottingham Trent Polytechnic in 1977."
According to Kishore, use of cartoons in classroom instruction can improve visual intelligence of students along with sharpening their cognitive skills by linking cartoons to higher order thinking skills such as cause and effect relationship and problem solving skills.
Even discussions can be based on the educational cartoons for co-construction of knowledge, he suggests.
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