Using Feature Films to Teach Poverty
Abstract College students, who often have little experience with persons living below the poverty line, can ignore or misunderstand the experience of poverty. Feature film is one way to illustrate poverty in educational settings. Through identifying with a character, students may gain insights into the daily issues related to poverty. This article presents a review of the literature of using film to teach social science. Six specific films for teaching poverty are presented.
SİNEMA FİLMLERİNİN EĞİTİM AMAÇLI KULLANIMI: TARİHSEL BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
Sinema filmlerinden, 17. yuzyilin sonlarindan itibaren sosyal ve kultur-tarih aktariciligi amaclariyla yararlanilmaya baslanmistir. I. Dunya Savasi'nda filmlerin askeri egitimde sagladigi yararliliklar, sinemanin egitim boyutuna dikkatleri cek­mistir. Amerika'da ve Avrupa'da sinema filmi arastirma heyetleri kurulmus, projeler yapilmis, filmlerin yararliliklari ve sinirliliklari tespit edilmistir. Arastirmalarin, filmlerin yararliliklarini on plana cikarmasiyla, egitim filmleri ureten sirketler kurulmus, film kataloglari, akademik yayinlar, ogretmen el kitaplari basilmis ve konuyla ilgili akademik toplantilar duzenlenmistir. Filmlerin sinifta kullanimi icin gereken teknolojik alt yapi kisa zamanda hazirlanmistir. Turkiye'de sinema filmlerinin egitim amaciyla kullanimi, bilimsel bir bakis acisi olmaksizin yapilan gosterimlerle sinirlidir. Egitime ayrilan butcenin kisitliligi, okullardaki teknolojik alt yapi sikintisi, film arsivlerinin sinirliligi, uygulamali arastirmalarin azligi, ogretmen egitimindeki eksiklikler gibi sorunlar filmle ogretim metodunun kullanilmasina engel teskil etmistir. Bu arastirmada Amerika ve Avrupa'da yapilan calismalardan hareketle Turkiye'nin bu ogretim metodun kullanimina iliskin hangi seviyede oldugunun ve neler yapilmasi gerektiginin gosterilmesi amaclanmistir.
Science fairs as learning tool for teaching excellence
Science fairs are usually considered to be a pedagogical and cultural activity that involves the students actively. Gifted students need challenges to further develop their skills while maintaining the motivation level. Science fairs may provide the informal environment that will request and allow these students of excellence to challenge themselves by developing a scientific research project. Despite being well known in different countries, in Portugal first steps are being made on the use and implementation of science fairs as effective pedagogical tool. In this work, we will present a 4 years study that was developed on a Portuguese school with the main goal of evaluating the advantages of this informal way of teaching. The study includes an analysis of the evolution of the students’ knowledge that have participated, or visited, the different science fairs. Some advices for the implementation of these projects will be given. The motivation of the students was monitored as well as the knowledge and skills effectively improved by this activity.