Twisted Film, or: How I Learned to Stop the Movie and Teach the Truth

Autor/in	Monfredo, William
Titel	Twisted Film, or: How I Learned to Stop the Movie and Teach the Truth
Quelle	In: Journal of Geography, 109 (2010) 3, S.130-140 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1341
Schlagwörter	Films; Teaching Methods; Natural Disasters; Safety; Physical Geography; Weather; College Students; Risk; Vocabulary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Sicherheit; Physische Geografie; Wetter; Collegestudent; Risiko; Wortschatz
Abstract	The 1996 blockbuster "Twister" both entertained and exasperated geographers. Misrepresentations and unsafe field practices resonated deeply; still, the film possesses relevance for educators. Science-based reviews illuminating on-screen inconsistencies and pseudoscience might surprise students accepting movies at face value. This article uses a disaster movie to teach beneficial concepts, definitions, and insight by identifying, elaborating on, and correcting important ideas, dialogue, and terminology. It includes experienced commentary on storm chasing. Chasers must work together using latest technologies to remotely sense environments of future tornadoes during minutes preceding formation. Unlike movies, the mantra for students chasing should be "safety first." (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10