Film Education (384 Words)

With the concentration of STEM subjects and the importance of the Literacy and Numeracy Framework, it can be argued that there is little time for watching films.

There is, however, research being undertaken with positive results within schools in the UK with the use of film informing positive educational outcomes for all pupils. Film is a fun, exciting new concept within the learning environment that allows flow learning allowing internalisation of subject knowledge from across the curriculum.

According to a BFI  paper, children of all abilities are said to increase confidence, engagement and attainment throughout the curriculum.  Film Education is said to develops both 'soft' and 'hard' skills essential for a creative economy.  By learning 'fusion skills', the learner becomes a practitioner connecting relevance and culture into their learning.   This style of learning is similar to  Csikszentmihalyi, representing flow-learning with benefit to those children who are unable to conform to the norms of a rigid curriculum, allowing creative expression.

Arts in Education sets out guidelines for a creative learning core within education to compliment a fast growing creative society.  Studies from the UK and around the world have proven that creativity within learning has a plethora of benefits for today's learner. Students are said to be powerfully engaged in their learning and teachers CPD developed with online teaching guides such as Moving Images in the Classroom and Look Again.

Film education is an interesting approach to learning, where research has proven its on-going benefits within schools to engage learners in a way that expands across the curriculum.  By viewing The Lovely Bones clip for KS3/4, I could relate to film as an educational tool the learner can engage with stories that would take a considerable time to read and take in.  I chose this clip as I have read the book, however just from this preview activities such as courtroom role play, debate into whether the police were acting fairly or to whether the father had a right to interfere. Morality and religion could be discussed or talks on safety issues by police or self-defence instructors. This learning system offers age appropriate memes and curricular activities such as debate, culture, values, research, reviewing, discussion, imagery and creativity the learner can take time to reflect on meanings and literature that may have been considered out of their reach.