Film as a Teaching Resource
by Joseph E. Champoux
Journal of Management Inquiry, September 2007
Contemporary classroom instructors and trainers have many media available for instruction. Traditional forms include lecture/discussion and printed media such as book materials or projected text. Visual forms include overhead projection of drawings, slide projection of images, or computer projection of slides. I recommend adding film and film scenes to existing instructional media. This recommendation raises questions about media, cognition, and learning. Several lines of research suggest different learning effects of different media forms.
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Teaching Normal Development Using Stimulus Videotapes in Psychiatric Education
by Geri Fox, M.D.
Academic Psychiatry, December 2003
This article examines the educational principles supporting the use of stimulus videotapes. General principles of using videotape in teaching are discussed, followed by a specific review of the literature regarding the uses of videotape in psychiatric education. The literature on the use of stimulus videotape in psychiatric education is reviewed, with particular attention to its use in teaching normal development. (Academic Psychiatry 2003; 27:283–288)
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Teaching Medical Ethics to First-Year Students by Using Film Discussion to Develop Their Moral Reasoning
by Donnie J. Self, PhD, DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr., and Margie Olivarez
Academic Medicine, May 1993
Purpose. To evaluate a project on teaching medical ethics to first year students by using film discussion to develop the students’ moral reasoning.
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