The Borders of Historical Empathy: Students Encounter the Holocaust through Film

Autor/in	Metzger, Scott Alan
Titel	The Borders of Historical Empathy: Students Encounter the Holocaust through Film
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Studies Research, 36 (2012) 4, S.387-410 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-985X
Schlagwörter	Caring; War; Films; Empathy; World History; Death; Jews; Case Studies; High School Students; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Educational Objectives; Units of Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Krieg; Film; Empathie; Weltgeschichte; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lerneinheit
Abstract	This case study explores potential educational tensions in historical empathy for learning about emotionally difficult topics through lessons that use dramatic feature films (movies). It investigates one case of historical empathy in the classroom by analyzing what a high-school teacher and her students do and talk about in class. The observed lesson was part of the teacher's unit on World War II and the Holocaust in a World History course using the 2002 Academy Award-winning film "The Pianist". The conclusion interprets this case as an example of how the visual and emotional power of movies may lead some students to "over-empathize" and feel that they can "really" know what a historical perspective must have been like. The "caring" aspect of historical empathy has the potential to overrun historical context and override other educational goals like learning and applying content knowledge. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for the Social Studies. University of Central Florida College of Education, Suite 123M P.O. Box 161250, Orlando, FL 32816. e-mail: ISSS@mail.ucf.edu; Web site: http://www.TheISSI.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10