Grasping the Social through Movies

Autor/inn/en	Kennedy, Nilgun Fehim; Senses, Nazli; Ayan, Pelin
Titel	Grasping the Social through Movies
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 16 (2011) 1, S.1-14 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
Schlagwörter	Critical Theory; Foreign Countries; Social Psychology; Teaching Methods; Higher Education; College Students; Social Problems; Films; Critical Thinking; Student Interests; Sociology; Gender Issues; Social Bias; Death; Crime; Law Enforcement; Essays; Racial Bias; Gender Bias; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritische Theorie; Ausland; Sozialpsychologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Film; Kritisches Denken; Studieninteresse; Soziologie; Geschlechterfrage; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Gesetzesvollzug; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Geschlechterstereotyp; Türkei
Abstract	In Turkey, one of the major challenges that university education faces is the indifference of young people towards social issues. The aim of this article is to contribute to the "practice" of critical pedagogy by proposing that showing movies is an important critical teaching method with the power both to give pleasure to the students and to develop their interest in crucial social issues. To support our argument, we showed three movies to students taking Sociology and Social Psychology courses in three successive academic terms on the topics "the death penalty", "gender equality" and "prejudice". Analysing the essays which the students were asked to write on these movies, we observed growing interest and an increase in critical thinking on the issues in question. We then conducted a survey to test this change quantitatively. The results indicate that showing movies is very influential in helping students to develop an interest and critical perspective. (Contains 3 figures and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10