HOW DOES TEACHING FIRST AID TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN BY MEANS OF COMICS DIFFER IN EFFICIENCY WHEN COMPARED TO USING PRESENTATIONS?
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Рубрика: Педагогика
Научный журнал «Студенческий форум» выпуск №19(286)
HOW DOES TEACHING FIRST AID TO PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN BY MEANS OF COMICS DIFFER IN EFFICIENCY WHEN COMPARED TO USING PRESENTATIONS?
First aid is the skill that each member of society should develop from childhood to create a safer and more stable community. Educating children to provide first aid is crucial in terms of character development [2]. For instance, while learning, children develop their teamwork skill, which is a very necessary one in constructing relationships in future [4].
In favor of using comics, according to Sobirov [3], children are more likely to understand pictures more than text. It is proved by Wimmer and his collegues [5] that the mental imagery of children near the age of three is not as developed as adults'. However, based on the results of Dunham's [1] article people learn faster when their instructions are written for them and spoken, because two senses are used and the students have a chance to follow the rate of instructions and interpret them in their own way.
To answer the research question, an experiment was held that included conducting of the lessons lasting from 15 to 30 minutes twice a week for each group. Overall, there were 1 pre-test, 1 post-test and 3 tests taken during the study that lasted for 4 weeks in each group (2 groups).
Figure 1. Diagram
Bar chart. Pre-and post-test results of 2 groups consisting of children aged from 8 to 11. At the pre-test, the “Text” group children were more familiar with themes of bleeding and burns than the students of the “Comics” group. However, the “Comics” group had an advantage of knowing what to do when people choke. The post-test’s results show that the “Text” group remained leading in the questions about burns, while the results on bleeding became lower, and results on choking became higher than that of the “Comics” group.
Table1.
Results of tests held during the pilot course.
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Choking |
Bleeding |
Burns |
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“Text” group |
77,7% |
75% |
85,4% |
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“Comics” group |
80,2% |
57,5% |
81% |
Table2.
Observations during the first week and the fourth(the last) week.
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First week |
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Fourth week |
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Observation criteria |
“Text” group |
“Comics” group |
“Text” group |
“Comics” group |
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How fast children use their knowledge in practice: |
Teacher has to explain concept multiple times |
It is enough to show the order of actions 1-3 times. |
Children understand what to do faster and easier. |
Children show what they have to do before explanation. |
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How fast children learn how to provide first aid without mistakes: |
It takes two lessons for the techniques of medium level difficulty. |
It takes 1 lesson for average difficulty tasks and 2 lessons for high difficulty. |
Children make fewer mistakes and get rid of them in one lesson. |
1 lesson is enough to learn new first aid technique and to make revision |
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How confident children feel to ask for help from teacher and explain concepts to each other: |
They are opened to new knowledge and want to ask questions. |
They are interested and want to know more about the theme of the lesson. |
Children are interested in group work, but it is difficult to explain concept to others |
Children can work in groups and notice the mistakes of their partner. They explain easily |
From Table1 and Table2 it is seen that students of the “Text” group are good at theoretical knowledge, but not in practical. Probably, the “Comics” students use the pictures for visualization of actions they do when providing first aid, that is why it is easier for them to do practical, not theoretical tasks.
Therefore, the test results of the present experiment conclude that children of “Comics” group are less likely to learn the theory and succeed on tests about first aid on the same level as the “Text” group does, yet they are more prone to use their knowledge in real life without making any mistakes.
