I think such is usually the case. However, the context and the way a film is framed/introduced can enhance adolescents' perceptions toward B/W films. The one that comes to mind is "Twelve Angry Men." It's a timeless example of one person standing up to strong group pressure and my experience has been that students thoroughly enjoy this film as the topic is timeless. A great follow-up assignment is to ask students to read and analyze articles on how groupthink impacted the decision-making of NASA folks relative to handling the shuttle tragedies, Challenger and Columbia. As students can readily see, NASA needed a Henry Fonda kind-of-guy on the scene!
Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > beth benoit wrote: >> >> >> I agree though, that younger students are likely to think that b&w >> films aren¨t relevant. >> > If this is truly the case, and our students are so completely shallow > that their assessment of the "relevance" of a class film extends only as > far as whether it is color or not, then we had better do something about > it tout suite. Isn't the whole point of university to learn to > distinguish between "signal" and "noise" when faced with an overload of > information? Isn't that why we teach them "critical thinking" and > "statistical analysis" and all that? If we give up on so basic a matter > as the color or the film, then we have given up on the whole kit and > kaboodle. They are probably also judging books by covers, politicians by > slogans, and people by their style of dress (not to mention their > gender, race, accent, etc.) > > I can hardly believe that our response to such a problem would be to try > to find a color film, rather than to teach our students such a > fundamental point in the analysis of information. > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > > "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his > or her views." > > - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton > > ================================= > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
