How Cartoons Can Be A Positive Influence In The Schools
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The children of our current generation, admittedly are more sophisticated than we were, we, being the baby boomer generation. We felt we were the most insightful generation ever. Of course every generation has its share of egotism. That was obviously prevalent in ours (the baby boomers)
Unlike religion or spirituality, education has no raptures, although there can be many "eureka moments" of learning. There are no born-again graduates. It is a process. It is a long-term process of the gaining of knowledge and skills that can be taken into adulthood, and, hopefully utilized.
What is now known as education began in Greece. It derived from the term "educare" which means "to pull out". Greek educators felt that young people already had the seed of knowledge in them, and a good educator simply spent time drawing that knowledge out, rather than pushing it in. Many, but of course not all, of today's educators are ego-driven and have forgotten the real meaning of education and use their teaching platform as a pulpit to share "their knowledge" and show it off. As was probably true in ancient history, is true today, there are good teachers and bad ones, those who push, or those who pull knowledge.
School children can be cynical, question authority, aware of their environment, and more often than not, are on the same stage as the teacher. They do not look at the classroom as some kind of "mystical experience" as our generation did. Sometimes they simply view it as a part of their day, and understand they are going through a process that helps them reach adulthood. Most of us, at least in my circle, hadn't really a clue as to why we were there. I only knew I was there so I could finish, go to college, be an adult, and repeat my parents lives. Those were my parameters dictated to me.
Distractions are paramount in today's schools. They can drive a rift between student and teacher. Children of today, like us, have shortcuts to knowledge, same as we (adults) do, such as the Internet. So it is not a surprise when the student is more updated than his or her instructor on a topic.
Humor is the "great communicator", however, between the more enlightened educator, and student. Teachers and professors, today are using educational cartoons to drive home an important point, Some major textbook publishers are utilizing such cartoons in their books. They know that kids tend to be more visually than verbally-oriented. A picture tells a thousand words, and educators are beginning to take that literally. A picture with humor, purveyed to young people, can make a tremendous difference in attitude.
Their knowing that their instructor may enjoy a good laugh as well, helps bond the students to the teacher and can make the learning process that much easier. Humor is a great conflict-resolver as well.
If you are a teacher or professor, it might be worthwhile to consider adding a few bright, witty, educational cartoons in your mix. It does not have to be overbearing, only a few per week or month to make a point. Many instructors and publisher who have licensed my cartoons have told me they make a tremendous difference in the spirit of learning.
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Rick London and his team of artists have been creating cartoons in various topics from law to science to animals to medicine for over a decade Londons Times Cartoons School System & Textbook Publishers Using Cartoons To Enhance Learning By Londons Times Cartoons
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