Comics to Learn Characters of Care and Responsibility in Children

DOI

10.2991/iccie-18.2019.55How to use a DOI?

Keywords

comic learning, character, care, responsibility

Abstract

This research was aim to know whether comics can be a media to facilitate children to learn characters. The respondents of this research were 76 children at age 9-12 in Condongcatur Primary School Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Results of the research showed that 98% of children had read comic and 94% liked to read comic. Many children like comics with stories about hero, friendship, family and etc. Comics are the children’s favorite reading because they are simple and interesting to read. Comic stories containing moral and social values can shape the child's character. Through the comic the child feels a detailed storyline and can understand the message more clearly. Finally by comics, learning strategies can be developed through knowing, acting, and habits. The conclusion emphasizes that there is a need to develop comic learning media to learn character of care and responsibility in children.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Lea Christina
AU  - Christina Ismaniati
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Comics to Learn Characters of Care and Responsibility in Children
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Current Issues in Education (ICCIE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 321
EP  - 326
SN  - 2352-5398
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