Abstract
Film appreciation is an academic course that teaches students the art of reading and analysing films. The study of films as an art involves analysing films through various lenses, including film history, narratives, technical aspects, school of cinema, genres, and film theories. Although the course is founded in theory, it has wider practical pedagogy as the course instructor, screens films in class and facilitates discussion based on the theoretical aspects of films. The larger aim is to critically analyse film either in the written or spoken form to appreciate film as an art. The fundamental objective of the course is to inculcate critical thinking, analytical, and writing skills among students. It can be argued that film appreciation is a combination of theory and practical course even though it is predominantly viewed as a theoretical course. This conceptual paper challenges the dominant notion of film appreciation course as a theoretical course pedagogy using the basic principles of distinction between a practical and theory course. It applies the theory of interconnectedness between theory and practical to support the argument. By emphasising active learning through experience and reflection, this paper re-envisions film appreciation course as a combination of theory and practical pedagogy. This can help in reconceptualising and reenergising courses that are often viewed with traditional prism.
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Indumathi Somashekar, Christ University, India
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Conference: ACE2024
Stream: Teaching Experiences
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Somashekar I. (1970) Teaching Film Appreciation as a Theoretical and Practical Course: A Pedagogical Reassessment ISSN: 2186-5892 – The Asian Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. -) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2025.160
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2025.160
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