Open this publication in new window or tab >>2018 (English)In: NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, ISSN 1504-4556, E-ISSN 1894-1257, Vol. 14, no 3, p. 250-266Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Drama is a way of teaching that has been suggested to support learning, but studies in science education are limited and the potential of using drama needs further scrutiny and design development. In this study, from an upper secondary school in Sweden, we investigate how creative drama may afford students’ meaning-making of abstract non-spontaneous chemical concepts, by exploring what kind of semiotic work students are engaged in when given the opportunity to use their own bodies as semiotic resources. We combine sociocultural theory of learning with multimodal social semiotic analysis. In our analysis, we found different types of transductions and transformations that had consequences for students' meaning-making. A conclusion is that when creative drama activities open up for students to use bodily mode in combination with a variety of other semiotic resources, the students are afforded to explore intermolecular forces in new ways.
Keywords
chemistry, creative drama, upper secondary school, design-based research
National Category
Didactics
Research subject
Science Education
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-159474 (URN)10.5617/nordina.5869 (DOI)
Projects
Forskarskolan NaNO
Funder
Swedish Research Council
2018-08-302018-08-302024-10-28Bibliographically approved