Why do some teachers feel it is OK to substitute lecture and content with movies? An example is in my Theories of Personality class. We spent 2 days watching "Tuesday's with Morrie". I'm not slamming the film, it is a very good movie, but what are we suppose to get out of that in regards to content relevant to the class I am paying over 500$ to take?
Another example is from my Philosophy of Aesthetics class. We are doing a unit now on propaganda and the use of art as a political tool. My teacher has been showing us "Triumph of the Will" a Nazi propaganda film. I have no idea what I am suppose to be getting from this? Is it that propaganda works? Am I suppose to notice the camera angles and techniques used?
I think that on occasion teachers forget that we do not know everything they do. I think they have a hard time looking at things from our (the students) perspective. I am paying money to come to class and to learn something from these experts. I expect to have conversations, discussions, even a lecture. But to throw up a video and hope we gleam something from it, is in my opinion a cheap and lazy trick that is a waste of my time. If I want to watch a movie I will go and rent one.
Ryder
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