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Direct linkBunz, Ulla – Communication Teacher, 2006
Undergraduate students often memorize a keyword or definition for an exam without a deeper understanding or the ability to apply the meaning of the concept. While using examples during a lecture may help, the combination of movies and verbal review has been shown to be a valuable instructional tool, increasing recall (Elischberger & Roebers, 2001)…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Organizational Communication, Concept Teaching, Class Activities
Peer reviewedMorris, Barbra S. – English Journal, 1989
Argues that educators must acknowledge that television has the power to elicit student empathy and that students want to understand television's power to move them. Describes three kinds of television analysis: individual detailed logs of text; group dialogue about television programing; and researched essays documenting and interpreting details…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Commercial Television, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing
Download full textMiller, Richard E. – 1990
Students in a "Literature and Ideas" introductory literature course at the University of Pittsburgh gathered a wide variety of interviews, articles, and other texts that circulated around the film "Dangerous Liaisons" to build a shared text on the popular reception of the film. One student, in particular, made sense of the work…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Critical Viewing, Films
Peer reviewedSkretta, John – English Journal, 1997
Discusses a high school unit involving the cartoon characters "Beavis" and "Butt-head." Examines how social values and social conflicts affect and mirror language use. Describes Beavis and Butt-head projects, and objections to the unit. Argues that schools must embrace nonprint texts to help students become skilled, literate,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, English Instruction
Peer reviewedLuke, Carmen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1999
Discusses media literacy in Australia, where it is an integral component of school literacies from K-12. Discusses the teaching of analytic skills to develop strategies for thinking about the meanings media transmit and the meanings viewers construct for themselves. Describes classroom activities involving the studies of texts, audiences, media…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Elementary Secondary Education
Bazeli, Marilyn; Robinson, Rhonda – 1997
The inclusion of critical thinking and viewing skills across the curriculum is one way to approach the development of problem solving, which could help develop the kind of students prepared to accept the challenges they face. Using popular media in teaching such skills links critical thinking to life in a way that keeps critical thinking from…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Thinking, Critical Viewing, Curriculum Development
