Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren

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Lim, Voon-Ching and Richter, Isabell and Fadzil, Kamal Solhaimi and Goh, Hong Ching (2023) Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 22. pp. 193-212. ISSN 1533-015X; eISSN: 1533-0389

Abstract

Fish bombing impacts the marine ecosystem and local communities adversely, but is still being practiced in Sabah, Malaysia. To encourage more sustainable fishing practices, a creative educational strategy using a comic book was developed and evaluated in a marine protected area in Sabah. Questionnaire surveys and focus group discussions with 120 schoolchildren revealed that the comic book facilitated the improvement and retention of knowledge over time, knowledge sharing with family members, and growing intention to communicate the downsides of fish bombing to their community. This demonstrates the capability of comic books to convey sensitive environmental messages to coastal communities.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Forestry
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2268110
Publisher:	Routledge
Keywords:	Fish bombing; Sabah; Malaysia; Marine ecosystem; Sustainable fishing; Comic book; Educational strategy; Schoolchildren; Environmental education; Knowledge retention; Community engagement; Questionnaire; Focus group; Coastal communities
Depositing User:	Dr. Voon Ching Lim
Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2025 02:27
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2025 02:27
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398
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