Using Feature Films To Promote Active Learning in the College Classroom.

Autor/inn/en	Gregg, Virginia R.; und weitere
Titel	Using Feature Films To Promote Active Learning in the College Classroom.
Quelle	(1995), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Active Learning; Audiovisual Aids; Classroom Techniques; College Instruction; Curriculum Development; Educational Media; Films; Higher Education; Learning Activities; Learning Modalities; Multimedia Instruction; Psychology; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Study; Visual Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktives Lernen; Audiovisuelles Medium; Klassenführung; Hochschullehre; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Film; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernaktivität; Lernumgebung; Multimediales Lernen; Psychologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Grundstudium; Visual education; Visuelles Lernen
Abstract	Using feature films to teach undergraduate psychology courses can promote active learning for several reasons. Films can reach students with a variety of learning styles, including those with a visual approach to learning. Also, students seem to enjoy commercial films and their use can help decrease levels of monotony from daily lectures. Feature films also provide a context that relates psychological concepts and theories to students' real life experience and illustrate different viewpoints in a situation which may expose students to diverse perspectives and experiences. Feature films can be incorporated into the classroom by designing a course solely around the use of film, showing clips or segments of movies to supplement lectures and discussion, or showing one or two films during the term. Activities that can be used with films include having students write a diary of experiences similar to those seen in personally or socially relevant films, or teaching research methodology by asking students to identify and operationalize constructs evident in the films. Films may be selected from film guide books; computerized services; and/or suggestions from peers, students, and colleagues. Instructors should view films before using them for violent language and content and be aware of copyright laws. A list of 177 films related to mental health, child development, adolescent development, adult development, aging, disability issues, substance abuse, social psychology, racial/ethnic issues, education, gay/lesbian issues, and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is appended. (TGI)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01