Teaching physical geography at university with cartoons and comic strips: Motivation, construction and usage. (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gomez, Christopher
• Is Part Of: New Zealand geographer. Volume 70:Number 2(2014:Aug.)
• Page Start: 140
• Page End: 145
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: Geography -- Periodicals; New Zealand -- Description and travel -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1111/nzg.12053
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-8144

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This article presents the cartoons and comic strips that the author draws and has used in his teaching of physical geography at the undergraduate level since 2011. In the context of an image‐based culture, this article discusses the pedagogic goals that cartoons and comic strips fulfil: enhancing learning and creativity, associating pleasure with learning, pushing students to think 'outside the box' and relating the students' learning experience to a media framework popular with students. Cartoons and comic strips also answer particular necessities related to the teaching of physical geography. Using characters placed in hypothetical situations, they explain the process of doing geography and being a physical geographer.</p> </abstract>