Edgar Dale, a US scholar in the field
of education, emphasizes the three layers at the bottom "The Cone of
Experience", in which students, through direct experiences, participate
in learning and learn by sensuality. In the upper and middle layers, he
mentions 2-D learning by making use of audio-lingual mass media, such as
television and movies, in which students learn from another's performance.
Using models such as Dale's "The Cone of Experience", Piaget's
cognitive development in the formal operation stage, Ausubel's consequentialistic
cognitive model, Dewey's Learning by doing and Bandura's social learning
theory, we arranged a set of possible enhanced learning environments for
students by doing the activity "Seeing movie and Learning Science."
I hope that the students in this program will be more creative and contribute
to society.
The subjects for this research project are 60 second-year students from
an elite junior high school class. The movie, U-571, is given to the students
to stimulate their behavior and to motivate learning. Furthermore, seven
theme lessons are given to the students for exploring scientific phenomena
by the "Using hands in Science" and "Learning by Doing"
learning models and by examining the reality of the scientific plots presented
in the movie. During the process of each activity, the students are expected
to cooperate with groups in order to accomplish the projects and explore
the scientific theories used in the scientific aids or toys, by which the
students would know that something is so and why is so and use the scientific
knowledge well. This activity will teach as well as be fun. After finishing
the projects, I will use an interesting game and presentation on what was
learned to provide a whole-person educational environment and achieve the
integrated educational goal. To visit some related exhibition halls in the
National Science and Technology Museum is immediately arranged.
Based on the statistical survey, the students give an average grade of approximately
7.5 out of 10 on the learning model using movie. They also believe this
learning education model in science is interesting, new and a valuable reference
for science educators.
Keywords:
cone of experience, learning by doing, formal
operational stage and social learning theory.
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