Student engagement is an important predictor of choosing science-related careers and establishing a scientifically literate society: and, worryingly, it is on the decline internationally. Conceptions of science are strongly affected by school experience, so one strategy is to bring successful science communication strategies to the classroom. Through a project creating short science films on mobile devices, students' engagement greatly increased through collaborative learning and the storytelling process. Teachers were also able to achieve cross-curricular goals between science, technology, and literacy. We argue that empowering adolescents as storytellers, rather than storylisteners, is an effective method to increase engagement with science.
Date of publication
Oct 14, 2019
Category:
Article
Students as storytellers: mobile-filmmaking to improve student engagement in school science
by
Kaitlyn Martin
,
Lloyd Davis
,
Susan Sandretto
Volume 18Issue 052019Special Issue: Stories in Science Communication, 2019 (PCST Stories)