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Çiçek, Samet; Akhan, Osman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
This research aimed to present reasons and solutions that soon-to-graduate preservice social studies teachers expressed in relation to middle school students' low level of historical literacy as reported in the literature. To this end, we used a basic qualitative research design. The sample consisted of 30 soon-to-graduate preservice teachers (17…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Social Studies, Preservice Teachers, History
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Bostock, William W. – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2017
Film or television documentary can serve a unique role in the curriculum and teaching of courses in political science and history where the complexity of the human element such as interaction, motive, identity and ethical position require analysis. The documentary "Sugihara, Conspiracy of Kindness," a film by Kirk and Vicari, first…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Films, Documentaries, Altruism
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Gerstl-Pepin, Cynthia – Peabody Journal of Education, 2015
Two popular media forms are examined--the documentary film "Waiting for 'Superman'" and the HBO television series, "The Wire"--that present distinct, and at times conflicting, depictions of how to address educational inequity. Qualitative media content analysis was used to analyze the two media documents and to situate them…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Television, Programming (Broadcast), Academic Failure
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Gaudelli, William; Crocco, Margaret; Hawkins, Alexandra – Education and Society, 2012
The authors examine how representations of the Vietnam War in documentary film offer teachers unique opportunities to use visual media sources to teach a difficult moment in United States history. They discuss the use of documentary films and television, as well as Internet-based platforms such as YouTube. They argue that new media that serve as…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Films, Archives, United States History
Jeremiah, Milford A. – 1987
Secondary and postsecondary students can be taught writing skills using a step-by-step examination of a television news or documentary program that can be undertaken in a single class period. The procedure consists of a series of strategies to facilitate the instructional process, as follows: (1) as a warm-up mechanism, the teacher introduces the…
Descriptors: Documentaries, English Instruction, Instructional Materials, Interdisciplinary Approach