Communicating science through the Comics & Science Workshops: the Sarabandes research project

C. de Hosson (1) , Laurence Bordenave (2) , Pierre-Laurent Daures (2) , Nicolas Décamp (1) , Christophe Hache (1) , Julie Horoks (1) , Nassima Guediri (1) , Eirini Matalliotaki-Fouchaux (1)

1 LDAR (EA_4434) - Laboratoire de Didactique André Revuz
2 STIMULI

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of Comics & Science workshops where forty-one teenagers (designated Trainee Science Comic Authors [TSCAs]) are asked to create a one-page comic strip based on a scientific presentation given by a PhD student. Instrumental genesis is chosen as the conceptual framework to characterize the interplay between the specific characteristics of a comic and the pieces of scientific knowledge to be translated. Six workshops were conducted and analyzed. The results show that the TSCAs followed the codes that are specific to the comic strip medium and took some distance with the science integrity. Nevertheless being involved in the creative process allowed them to understand the reasons for certain choices of science illustration or storytelling. This approach can foster the emergence of a critical mind with respect to reading science stories created in other contexts.

Mots clés: Informal learning Representations of science and technology Science education

Domaines: Education; Sciences de l'information et de la communication; Physique : vulgarisation [physics.pop-ph]; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]; Microbiologie et Parasitologie

C. de Hosson, Laurence Bordenave, Pierre-Laurent Daures, Nicolas Décamp, Christophe Hache, et al.. Communicating science through the Comics & Science Workshops: the Sarabandes research project. JCOM : Journal of Science Communication, 2018, 17, 2, ⟨10.22323/2.17020203⟩. ⟨hal-01800673⟩