Comic Books that Educate

Myth? Unbelievable? Impossible? Of course not. One of the most recent trends that has brought education and entertainment together is the emergence of the educational comic book.

It all began way back in 1949 when Hutchinson’s experimented with a weekly comic called Puck, which was centred about a school curriculum. At the time, most teachers found that the comics had increased motivation and participation levels among students. However, there was also the conservative lot who actually kvetched about educational comic books oversimplifying learning. Since then, the educational comic book has metamorphosed through various avatars including Superman language arts workbooks and many others to gradually gain grudging acceptance in educational circles.

Truth be told, most people, particularly children, think in images and this is why they are drawn to comics, educational or not. With regard to education, comic books can be particularly useful because they help ease the cognitive burden plain text places on a learner. While students may spend many minutes reading a few paragraphs on the water cycle, a simple graphical representation of the same phenomenon explains the process in seconds. Such is the power of the medium.

Unlike other visual mediums like movies and animation, comic books provide a sense of visual permanence. Simply put, this means that specific images are always easily available to the learner allowing the learning to be self-paced.

The most important aspect of educational comic books is that they have the potential to make learning pleasurable in stark contrast to the boring textbooks that most children have to put up with. As a result, studying becomes less of a burden.

While guides, question sets and poorly compiled study notes have become a booming industry to boost examination results, educational comic books pose parents and students with a qualitatively better option.

Will educational comic books take off? That’s anybody’s guess right now!

Learn while having fun

What is the one thing that children seek all the time? Every hour and every day? Be it dusk or dawn. Come rain or sun… Undoubtedly, it is Fun. The element of fun is very crucial to a child’s development and learning. In fact, a lot of early learning takes place through sheer play and joy. After all, fun is the most fundamental need and birthright of children - of all ages!

In that case, what a dream it would be for students if they were told that they could actually learn while having fun! How ecstatic would they feel if their learning pattern were to undergo such radical changes so as to facilitate studying without stress? What a delight it would be if the students were offered a simplified learning management system whereby they would not even realize that they are learning and playing together?

There’s good news here. Introducing Axiom Education – an edutainment resource to commence your journey of fun learning! For Axiom has pioneered an innovation in education and revolutionized the learning methods of the NCERT curriculum. Based on the primary principles of simplicity and pleasure, Axiom Education has created educational content which is enjoyable and everlasting. Axiom has formulated a creative blend of entertainment and education, which it strongly believes will be the future of education. “We must make learning fun so that kids yearn to learn…at all ages and all levels!” This dictum has driven Axiom Education to design efficient and inventive system of learning.

So, what, you may ask, is this new learning method?

Behold! This innovative and efficient way of learning is known as Iken books! Learning through Iken books serve as a unique educational experience. By making learning fun, memorable, amusing and engaging, Iken books make education come alive!