Role playing game and learning for young people about sustainable development stakes: an experiment in transferring and adapting interdisciplinary scientific knowledge

Overview & Synopsis

A multi-agent model devoted to interactions between social dynamics and natural dynamics on the isle of Ouessant was used as the medium for a role-playing game adapted to the school curriculum of fifth-form classes on the theme of sustainable development and coastal areas (History-Geography, Life and Earth Sciences and Civics). Adapting it required close collaboration between the scientists behind the project, the educational service at Océanopolis and teachers. Transferring the game required transforming both its substance and form, piloting it with an easy-to-handle ergonomic platform, support from scientists in presenting the approach to teachers and a film to introduce the game.