Filmmaking as Pedagogy: Using Video for Creative Fieldwork in Study Abroad

Autor/inn/en	Carver, Evan H.; Collins, Sofia
Titel	Filmmaking as Pedagogy: Using Video for Creative Fieldwork in Study Abroad
Quelle	In: Geography Teacher, 18 (2020) 1, S.11-18 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Carver, Evan H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933 8341
DOI	10.1080/19338341.2020.1861053
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Study Abroad; Films; Geography Instruction; Video Technology; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Environmental Education; Place Based Education; Assignments; Undergraduate Students; Program Descriptions; Foreign Countries; Metacognition; Barriers; Germany (Berlin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Film; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Ausland; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition
Abstract	Creativity is a valued trait across many disciplines, including business, education, math, and the arts, and has been positively associated with intelligence, self-esteem, and an increase in behavioral and emotional flexibility. However, creativity has proven difficult to precisely define, as is evidenced by its varying definitions between disciplines and between papers within each discipline. The lack of literature exploring the positive impacts of creativity is particularly an issue for the field of education, as creativity plays a crucial role in student learning. Encouraging creativity is particularly applicable in the study of geography and place. Film's value to geography research has been recognized, and digital video recording and editing equipment are increasingly ubiquitous and affordable, making it a progressively more accessible medium for student learning. Despite this, the use of filmmaking in geography-focused student fieldwork and study abroad has not yet been formally explored. Some researchers have highlighted the positive benefits of "learner-generated digital media" in a variety of STEM fields, but these did not include geography (Campbell and Cox 2018; Reyna, Hanham, and Meier 2018). Similarly, Hung (2005) demonstrated the successes of student-led film projects during an off-campus study program, but the course was for educators-in-training, not for geography students. This article seeks to fill this gap, by exploring how the creation of original films requires students, individually or in groups, to explore their surroundings in a unique way and synthesize their environment creatively. Specifically, this article will focus on how this creative approach to environmental or geographical education may be applied to a study abroad program. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01