Pedagogic Use of Commercial Feature Film in Christ University Deanery of Humanities and Social Sciences

Title

Pedagogic Use of Commercial Feature Film in Christ University Deanery of Humanities and Social Sciences

Creator

Pushpendra Kumar Bali Aasita

Description

This thesis discusses the use of commercial feature film as a pedagogical tool in the classrooms within the Deanery of Humanities and Social Sciences of Christ University. It investigates the purpose of using films as pedagogy in higher education and the reasons behind its popularity among both teachers and students. Triangulation method was used for gathering data combining qualitative and quantitative methods such as pretesting posttesting, survey and in depth interviews. Information was gathered by using interview schedule and online questionnaires from teachers and students of the Deanery of Humanities and Social Sciences to analyze the plausible impact of feature films as pedagogy in subjects taught. The findings suggest that films are popular pedagogical tool and are effective if used along with discussions post screening.

Source

Media Studies

Date

2012