Encouraging Preservice Teachers to Utilize Graphic Novels as Resources in Content Areas
Location
Room 210
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
This presentation highlights a qualitative study conducted to explore the potential impact graphic novels have on classroom education. The study addressed specific questions to gain better understanding of preservice teachers’ perceptions and knowledge of graphic novels as well as, how graphic novels can be used as classroom resources in each content area. There were fifteen preservice teachers involved in the study. Findings revealed that preservice teachers agreed that graphic novels were a powerful tool to engage students in content material, and utilizing them as a resource will allow teachers to conduct meaningful learning in all content areas. Two undergraduate preservice teachers worked as research assistants on this project as a way to introduce them to the procedures of educational research. Teacher action research is an essential method for educational practitioners to engage in the assessment and improvement of their own practice, helping the teacher to reconsider their teaching methods or to adapt in order to solve a problem.
Keywords
Qualitative research, Preservice teacher education, Literacy
Recommended Citation
Draper, Christine; Wright, Greer; and Willingham, Tiara, "Encouraging Preservice Teachers to Utilize Graphic Novels as Resources in Content Areas" (2014). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 21.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2014/2014/21
Encouraging Preservice Teachers to Utilize Graphic Novels as Resources in Content Areas
Room 210
This presentation highlights a qualitative study conducted to explore the potential impact graphic novels have on classroom education. The study addressed specific questions to gain better understanding of preservice teachers’ perceptions and knowledge of graphic novels as well as, how graphic novels can be used as classroom resources in each content area. There were fifteen preservice teachers involved in the study. Findings revealed that preservice teachers agreed that graphic novels were a powerful tool to engage students in content material, and utilizing them as a resource will allow teachers to conduct meaningful learning in all content areas. Two undergraduate preservice teachers worked as research assistants on this project as a way to introduce them to the procedures of educational research. Teacher action research is an essential method for educational practitioners to engage in the assessment and improvement of their own practice, helping the teacher to reconsider their teaching methods or to adapt in order to solve a problem.
