This article presents a study focused on analysing the effectiveness of an activity about the use of analogies in science communication. The activity consisted of reading two science articles published in a prestigious digital newspaper about the first image of a black hole. The purpose was (i) to identify and analyse the analogies used in the news articles and (ii) to assess the advantages and possible limitations of their use in communicating scientific ideas. The activity was performed with prospective primary education teachers (PPTs) who were receiving instruction in science teaching. Their responses were analysed descriptively with a rubric developed in accordance with methods of qualitative content analysis. The results indicate that the PPTs achieved a moderate progression in their conceptions of the use of analogies in science communication and, overall, it can be said that the activity had a positive educative effect. Finally, a discussion of the implications and limitations of the study for PPTs’ training in the use of analogies is presented.

本文介绍了一项研究，重点是分析在科学传播中使用类比的活动的有效性。该活动包括阅读发表在著名数字报纸上的两篇关于第一张黑洞图像的科学文章。目的是 ( i ) 识别和分析新闻文章中使用的类比和 ( ii )) 评估它们在传播科学思想方面的优势和可能的局限性。该活动由接受科学教学指导的潜在小学教育教师 (PPT) 进行。他们的回答根据定性内容分析方法制定的标题进行了描述性分析。结果表明，PPT 在科学传播中使用类比的概念取得了适度的进步，总体而言，可以说该活动具有积极的教育效果。最后，讨论了该研究对 PPT 使用类比训练的影响和局限性。