This study examines the attitudes and practices of six upper high school social studies teachers in Sweden regarding their use of films. To achieve this, the study has used qualitative interviews as the primary method to collect data. The study exploring the selection of films and the reasons why teachers choose to incorporate films into their teaching. The study also discusses how teachers use films as an educational tool to promote both knowledge acquisition and the school's values and democracy work. Additionally, the study highlights the teacher’s thoughts on what the strengths and weakness with film as an educational medium is, and how this impacts their teaching in civics. To interpret the findings, the study is based on theoretical frameworks of multimodal learning, visual intelligence, and Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective. The conclusions of the study indicate that teachers use a wide range of different types of films, usually in shorter formats. Films are primarily used as a complement in teaching to bring to life and exemplify aspects that teachers find difficult to articulate on their own. The teachers in the study describe that working with films should be done as something active, discussions are something that is mentioned as something that achieve the best results. Furthermore, challenges are highlighted, such as students having difficulty maintaining focus for extended periods, which explains the teachers preference for shorter films.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-130009 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Johansson, Albin |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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