*Source: *ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education Bloomington IN.
Integrating Film and Television into Social Studies Instruction.
ERIC Digest.
By their own accounts and those of their critics, the current generation of students is a video generation. They learned to read with Big Bird on "Sesame Street" and their view of the world has been largely formed and shaped through visual culture. This familiarity can make film and video a powerful pedagogical tool. Visual media also address different learning modalities, making material more accessible to visual and aural learners. Add to this the rich array of diverse videos and documentaries available and it's easy to see why these formats represent the second most popular source used in social studies classes.
However, the very qualities that make film and video so popular present problems as well. For students raised on a steady diet of media consumption, film and documentary footage used in the classroom often becomes "edutainment." This does more than simply distort historical and social issues. It reinforces the passive viewing and unquestioning acceptance of received material that accompanies growing up in a video environment.
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