Systematic Literature Review Using Excel Software: A Case of the Visual Narratives in Education

This study does a systematic literature review on visual narratives, in the educational context. The research focuses on articles published in English in scientific journals, between 1999 and 2020, available in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The goal was to understand how the scientific community has been working on this theme. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, nineteen articles were selected from both databases. All articles should focus on the study of visual narratives to promote learning. Three different kinds of visual narratives were identified in the studies: comic-strip, comics, and animated cartoon. The objective of these studies was to verify if the students understood the information more effectively and if there was an engagement in that process. We concluded that visual narratives have the potential to explain complex concepts and to keep students interested in the learning process. Also, the importance of fully understanding the context of the application of these resources is emphasized to be successful in planning actions in the educational context.