Preparation and Interpretation of cartoons as a didactic strategy for the learning of Philosophy in Secondary Education

Abstract

This research paper was done at the State Public School Esquipulas in Managua, the group of students belongs to the Eleventh A and B grade, this paper consisted of the elaborating and interpreting cartoons with the purpose to transcend from a didactic memoristic model. This is based on the mental concepts reproduction to a pedagogical model, which allows the understanding of the contents and the development of the competencies such as: autonomy, critical thinking, reflexive and entrepreneur. To achieve this work the research team proceeded by using the socio-critical method and the research action, doing a didactic intervention of seven teaching classes of the philosophy contents of the middle age and Latin-American philosophy. The findings revealed that the students improve their learning on the contents; they significantly learned, and developed their autonomy and critical thinking; and they were more concern in the study of the philosophy subject at secondary school.