Using Movie Clips to Promote Reflective Practice: a Creative Approach for Teaching Ethics

Area of Science:

• Education
• Ethics
• Psychology

Background:

• Traditional ethics education often focuses on rational decision-making.
• Affective and emotional components are frequently overlooked in ethical learning.
• There is a need for innovative pedagogical approaches in ethics education.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore a pedagogic model using film clips for ethics education.
• To foster a more holistic approach to teaching ethics.
• To enhance participants' reflective abilities and attitudes towards ethical scenarios.

Main Methods:

• Utilizing film clips to prompt and frame discussions on ethics.
• Incorporating reflections on emotions within the learning process.
• Employing life stories from movies as a basis for ethical scenario discussions.

Main Results:

• Film clips effectively stimulate engaged learning in ethics education.
• The model facilitates the inclusion of affective aspects in ethical decision-making.
• Participants demonstrated enhanced reflective abilities and attitudes.

Conclusions:

• Teaching ethics with movies offers an innovative and effective pedagogical strategy.
• Integrating emotional and affective elements leads to a more holistic ethics education.
• Structured use of film clips provides new opportunities for developing ethical reasoning.