2008 年 32 巻 3 号 p. 196-215
This paper describes the concept of a Manga-based thinking method and discusses the results of the field tests of the method. A Manga-based thinking method is a method to encourage participants to scrutinize their presentation from the various viewpoints of related people. According to this method, learners are asked to represent the message of their presentation in the form of a Manga and then reflect on their messages by examining the Manga. It is expected that this method will support learners in grasping the social network of related people through envisioning all the related people's voices since Manga are comprised of spatially located actors who have their own words. The three field tests suggest that Manga-based thinking makes learners' thoughts more actor-oriented resulting in the method expanding learners' understanding about networks of related people and their presentations.