Considering
that mass media is an important part of the environment where today's students
learn to speak, write, read, listen and make sense of their lives. It is
important to evaluate the features and functions of the mass media’s content.
Films of the docudrama genre are among the productions of this content and have
been a genre that attracted the attention of both the producers and the
audience since the beginning of the history of cinema. The interest in this
production approach, which is based on the revitalization of the real events,
has attracted the attention of researchers working in the field. In these
productions, the balance between reality and fiction varies according to the
creator's interpretation. In documentary productions, there is a creative
approach to reality by the filmmaker. In documentary drama productions, fiction
narrative, revival of events and people are used in the evaluation of reality.
In these re-animations, the ethical responsibility of the documentary drama
producer towards the audience and the subject he is dealing with is important.
Use
of documentary productions, sub-genres including docudramas, fiction films and
visual media as additional resources in the classes; it can help to inform, to
gain new perspectives, to develop different discussions and to visualize
abstractly discussed topics. It is seen that docudramas which are important in
terms of informing, drawing attention to different social problems, conveying
different perspectives on historical events and individuals can be used by
educational disciplines for different purposes.
While
the advantages of docudrama productions in the use of education are important,
it is seen that they are subject to various criticisms due to their fictional
elements. These criticisms stem from the problematic relationship between
docudrama and reality. While docudrama films deal with their subjects, unlike
documentary productions or feature films, they convey the real ones to the
audience with fictional elements. The researchers draw attention to the fact
that various ethical problems may arise in this transference.
In
the study which focuses on the use of documentary drama productions by teachers
in different fields, it is seen that these productions have great importance in
terms of fulfilling the educational objectives. Within this framework, it is
necessary to increase the number of resources that teachers can access to such
productions free of charge. In addition, the necessity of investing in schools
which are lack of technological infrastructure is obvious. Docudrama
productions, which can contribute to both the learning process, the students'
interest in the subjects and the handling of the subjects in a much more
concrete and creative way in the classroom, are of great importance in making
use of the advantages that they have more widely. When questions were asked to
teachers to elaborate on what these advantages were, they emphasized the impact
they had on communicating with their students and understanding the issues they
discussed in their lessons. It is stated that it is easier for students to
understand abstract and complex subjects, the interest in the lesson is
revitalized, learning can be more permanent, arousing curiosity about the
topics discussed in the students and encouraging them to do more research and
contributing to the discussion environment in the classroom by positively
contributing to teacher-student communication.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Communication and Media Studies |
Journal Section | Article |
Authors | |
Publication Date | July 31, 2019 |
Submission Date | July 5, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 9 Issue: 2 |
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