Flipping (and Giving) the Script: Using Short Films in Religion Exams
For many years now I have put a question on the final exam in various religion courses that asks students to apply ideas from the course to a short film screened during the exam. This is a film we have not watched or discussed before, so it is essentially new data for the class. In this article I di...
| Published in: | Journal for religion, film and media |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie
2022
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| In: |
Journal for religion, film and media
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Short films
/ Usage
/ Written examination
/ Religious pedagogy
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| RelBib Classification: | AH Religious education FB Theological education ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Learning
B Pedagogy B Indigenous B Joy B Theory B Anxiety B Trauma B Social participation B Exam |
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| Summary: | For many years now I have put a question on the final exam in various religion courses that asks students to apply ideas from the course to a short film screened during the exam. This is a film we have not watched or discussed before, so it is essentially new data for the class. In this article I discuss some of the challenges I encountered when I began using short films in exams and how I resolved them. I also discuss the many advantages of this approach, some of which I had anticipated (or at least hoped for), while others surprised me. These surprises include congruencies between using short films in exams and principles of trauma-informed pedagogy. The article includes specific examples from three courses of exam questions and films, and answers that three students provided. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.8:2022.2.5 |