Art for climate change response of adolescents: Methodology adopted for the transformational individual sphere study

Curtin University

oanhtruong@postgrad.curtin.edu.my, beena@curtin.edu.my

Abstract

The investigative study attempts to elicit how art-based science experiences on the topic of climate crisis may shape young participants’ reactions to climate change and demonstrates the potential of transformational pathways created through art-integrated science communication activities at the level of the subjects’ sphere. The study applied Solomon’s four-group experimental design using two control and two treatment groups to study the transformation between groups. This research design allows researchers to assess the fundamental revision of testing, treatment/intervention and the remarkable correlation between testing and treatment (Daily, 2017).

Although this research is a small-scale exploratory study, the results are validated using multiple data collection and analysis methods. At the core of the study, it aims to make an in-depth and critical interpretation based on the data analysis through a set of codes. The codes are various in the length of the text, from which group (control or experimental groups) to highly conceptual answers (given by four groups). The study advocates that science communication to the lay society through art-informed collaboration should be considered to achieve sustainability outcomes. The findings are expected to show how art can influence and effectively tell young people, as the future generation, creative and attractive narratives with proper knowledge of climate change adaptation.