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Unconventional Movies As Conventional Pedagogical Tools: The Dark Knight
Active Learning in Political Science (2016)
  • Gigi Gokcek, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Dominican University of California
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Abstract
"Professors have long relied on movies like Dr. Strangelove (1964), Red Dawn (1984), and Thirteen Days (2000) to teach about the dangers of nuclear proliferation and the Cold War. While the active-learning literature validates the effectiveness of using movies like these, today’s college students may relate better to more contemporary movies. Do unconventional movies, from such franchises as Fast and Furious, Star Trek, DC Comics, and Marvel’s X-Men and Avengers, work just as well? My experience suggests that they do. When combined with activities derived from the cognitive domain of Bloom’s taxonomy of learning, I find that they are valuable tools for teaching important political science theories and concepts."

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Keywords
  • movies,
  • pedagogy
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Publication Date
September 9, 2016
Citation Information
Gigi Gokcek. "Unconventional Movies As Conventional Pedagogical Tools: The Dark Knight" Active Learning in Political Science (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gigi-gokcek/15/