Popular Culture in the Classroom: Using Audio and Video Clips to Enhance Survey Classes

Autor/in	Hoover, D. Sandy
Titel	Popular Culture in the Classroom: Using Audio and Video Clips to Enhance Survey Classes
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 39 (2006) 4, S.467-478 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	United States History; Introductory Courses; Educational Technology; Popular Culture; History Instruction; Audiovisual Aids; Higher Education; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Software; Multimedia Materials; Student Motivation; Teaching Methods; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Gender Differences; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einführungskurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Popkultur; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Audiovisuelles Medium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Computernutzung; Schulische Motivation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Students often approach history survey classes with a significant degree of dread. Nevertheless, at least one history class is required for graduation from most, if not all, universities, and most students elect to take survey courses to fulfill that requirement. Students rarely enroll in an American history class eagerly, because they anticipate a semester of lengthy lectures in large, impersonal lecture halls, and essay exams that test their comprehension of information that often seems distant and without relevance to their lives. Too frequently, students realize their worst fears in survey classes, and as a result, they are less than attentive during lectures. However, the increased use of technology in the classroom has opened a number of new avenues through which to reach an often uninterested student population. PowerPoint, in particular, allows the instructor to supplement his or her lectures with a brief outline, pictures, and in some cases, audio and video clips, and recent studies indicate that the use of such technology is on the increase in college classrooms. The purpose of this article is to suggest a new way to use technology, particularly audio and video clips embedded in PowerPoint presentations, to more effectively reach students in American History survey classes. (Contains 4 graphs and 12 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.thehistoryteacher.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10