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Raman, Madhavi Gayathri; Vijaya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This paper captures the design of a comprehensive curriculum incorporating the four skills based exclusively on the use of parallel audio-visual and written texts. We discuss the use of authentic materials to teach English to Indian undergraduates aged 18 to 20 years. Specifically, we talk about the use of parallel reading (screen-play) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods
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Lazar, Althier; Sharma, Suniti – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
This mixed-methods study explores the impact of teacher preparation coursework on 141 teacher candidates' understandings about educational equality, school achievement, and meritocracy. Framed by pedagogies of discomfort, the program included readings, discussions, simulations, films, and direct work with emergent bilingual students. Findings from…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Education Programs, Surveys, Interviews
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Livingston, Kathy – Teaching Sociology, 2004
In this paper, the author discusses an exercise she uses requiring students to view a popular film that portrays a particular mental disorder or a character with a mental disorder. Students analyze the film and write two papers, one about the sociological model of mental illness and a second about possible links between media images and the…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Mental Disorders, Films, Sociology