An integrated language and content project using non-fictional comics in an educational center in Slovakia

An exploratory case study is presented here, investigating the implementation of Project-Based Learning (PBL) in an educational institution. Through the development of a project focused on non-fiction comics, a proposal is developed that integrates content from the language and literature curriculum and geography with the aim of achieving significant learning. This is a collaborative action research through the work of the researchers together with the teaching team to design a Project in a fourth-grade primary school classroom in the town of Byt & ccaron;a, Slovakia. The objective is to study the benefits that this experience generates in the learning community. A qualitative analysis has been carried out on the students' work, the unstructured interviews, the Learning Diaries of teachers and researchers and the observation and evaluation rubrics. The results obtained include, among others, competency learning of curricular contents, both positive and negative reactions from teachers and students, and some difficulties are noted, to which an attempt is made to respond. It is revealed that PBL is an enriching methodology that contributes to improving educational quality in this context.