METHODOLOGICAL FEATURES OF USING COMICS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING

Abstract

The article examines the peculiarities of preparing primary school teachers to create educational comics and the possibility of using them in the educational process of primary school as a technology for visualising educational material. It analyses scientific sources in order to understand modern pedagogical approaches to the use of digital resources for the organisation of the studied process in higher education institutions. The domestic and foreign pedagogical experience of using educational comics in education is generalised. The current state of future teachers' readiness to apply pedagogical cases of creating and implementing media products for educational purposes is determined. The modern online resources used to organise the work of teachers in the development and implementation of educational media products for the NUS are analysed and systematised. The authors describe the age restrictions on the use of digital resources, the openness of programs and restrictions on their use, the convenience and sufficiency of ready-made templates of characters and scenes in the program, etc. The authors presented a methodology for creating educational comics, taking into account the technical capabilities of existing digital resources. They demonstrated the benefits of using comics in the educational process of training primary school teachers in the classes of the courses "Information and Technology Education with Teaching Methods" and "Information and Technology Education" and at meetings of the NUS Mentoring Studio. The article presents a selection and analysis of the available platforms for creating comics, which are most often used by educators in the educational process. A detailed analysis of modern digital resources has made it possible to identify the peculiarities of their use in the process of professional training of future teachers in the current conditions of martial law in order to develop the professional competencies of students. The study was conducted at the Faculty of Pedagogical Education of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University during the organisation of the educational process and student internships in general secondary education institutions. Student works, surveys and observations made it possible to identify effective digital platforms for creating and using comics in school practice (in particular, Canva, Pixton, StoryboardThat, My Storybook) by students of speciality 013 "Primary Education".