Using Comics for Climate Change in Science Education: Students' Solutions and Aesthetic Subtleties
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| Title: | Using Comics for Climate Change in Science Education: Students' Solutions and Aesthetic Subtleties |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Alp, Gamze (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Baltic Science Education. 2023 22(2):215-231. |
| Availability: | Scientia Socialis Ltd. 29 K. Donelaicio Street, LT-78115 Siauliai, Republic of Lithuania. e-mail: scientia@scientiasocialis.lt; e-mail: mail.jbse@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/jbse/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Grade 5 Intermediate Grades Middle Schools Secondary Education Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Climate, Science Education, Grade 5, Cartoons, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Books, Educational Technology, Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Natural Resources, Aesthetics, Story Telling, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students |
| Geographic Terms: | Turkey |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | Program for International Student Assessment, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |
| ISSN: | 1648-3898 2538-7138 |
| Abstract: | To constitute awareness of climate change, hearing the solutions of students in their words and seeing visual products by creating experiences in schools is vital. This case study was limited to sequential implementations of climate change in the natural sciences teaching process in 5th grade. After an education process on using Pixton, 12 students transformed their learning into digital comics. This research aimed to reveal the problems created by students through digital stories about climate change, solutions they suggested for climate problems, and aesthetic subtleties they applied to express themselves. Digital comics created by students, researcher notes, observations, and students' view forms were used as data collection tools. Finally, vital solutions to problems such as global climate change, pollution, destruction of the natural environment, and extinction of living creatures were created by students during this case. Important solutions consisting of preventing global warming, making peace with nature, vital measures and efforts to protect the soil were suggested. Besides, interesting aesthetic subtleties such as storification, positioning of the characters, place preferences, expression of emotions, and time depiction were applied. Teachers can use comics to see students' tendencies, raise awareness, encourage them, and help them develop solutions for current socioscientific problems. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1386975 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | To constitute awareness of climate change, hearing the solutions of students in their words and seeing visual products by creating experiences in schools is vital. This case study was limited to sequential implementations of climate change in the natural sciences teaching process in 5th grade. After an education process on using Pixton, 12 students transformed their learning into digital comics. This research aimed to reveal the problems created by students through digital stories about climate change, solutions they suggested for climate problems, and aesthetic subtleties they applied to express themselves. Digital comics created by students, researcher notes, observations, and students' view forms were used as data collection tools. Finally, vital solutions to problems such as global climate change, pollution, destruction of the natural environment, and extinction of living creatures were created by students during this case. Important solutions consisting of preventing global warming, making peace with nature, vital measures and efforts to protect the soil were suggested. Besides, interesting aesthetic subtleties such as storification, positioning of the characters, place preferences, expression of emotions, and time depiction were applied. Teachers can use comics to see students' tendencies, raise awareness, encourage them, and help them develop solutions for current socioscientific problems. |
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| ISSN: | 1648-3898 2538-7138 |
