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

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. Questionnai...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lim, Voon-Ching, Richter, Isabell, Fadzil, Kamal Solhaimi, Goh, Hong Ching
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/1/116398.pdf
_version_ 1848866995106217984
author Lim, Voon-Ching
Richter, Isabell
Fadzil, Kamal Solhaimi
Goh, Hong Ching
author_facet Lim, Voon-Ching
Richter, Isabell
Fadzil, Kamal Solhaimi
Goh, Hong Ching
author_sort Lim, Voon-Ching
building UPM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description 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.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T14:29:27Z
format Article
id upm-116398
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T14:29:27Z
publishDate 2023
publisher Routledge
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling upm-1163982025-04-07T02:27:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/ Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren Lim, Voon-Ching Richter, Isabell Fadzil, Kamal Solhaimi Goh, Hong Ching 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. Routledge 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/1/116398.pdf 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 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2268110 10.1080/1533015X.2023.2268110
spellingShingle Lim, Voon-Ching
Richter, Isabell
Fadzil, Kamal Solhaimi
Goh, Hong Ching
Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
title Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
title_full Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
title_fullStr Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
title_full_unstemmed Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
title_short Comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
title_sort comic book as an educational strategy to communicate fish bombing to schoolchildren
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/116398/1/116398.pdf