DESIGNING AN EDUCATIONAL COMIC ON GENDER FOR STUDENTS IN THE HUMAN AND HEALTH TOPIC OF GRADE 5 SCIENCE
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https://doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2024-0052Keywords:
Gender education, science, comics, elementary schoolAbstract
In the 2018 general education program, gender education content is integrated into the theme “Human and Health” in the 5th-grade Science subject. Comics were identified as an effective pedagogical tool for delivering this integrated gender education, as the visual and narrative format helped elementary students engage with and comprehend sensitive, complex gender-related concepts more readily. Through a systematic process of analyzing, synthesizing, classifying, and organizing relevant theories, the study proposes a framework for designing gender education comics tailored for the “Human and Health” topic in 5th-grade Science instruction. The research results provide elementary school teachers with convenient guidelines for teaching gender education in the “Human and Health” theme of Science class, contributing to improving the quality of science education.
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