Using Animation, Symbolism and Discovery to Convey a Global Social Issue
Guided discovery is a key principle of constructivist learning. (Mayer 2004). The act of discovery creates an irrefutable physiological experience in the learner; an experience that reinforces an expectation for more discovery, creating a positive cycle of discover, learn, discover, and so on. (Hodg...
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| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85551 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43793 https://www.learntechlib.org/p/112162/ |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Guided discovery is a key principle of constructivist learning. (Mayer 2004). The act of discovery creates an irrefutable physiological experience in the learner; an experience that reinforces an expectation for more discovery, creating a positive cycle of discover, learn, discover, and so on. (Hodgkinson 2008). This paper looks at story-telling using symbolism to generate the sense of discovery in the viewer. Using an animated movie to explore the global social issue of immigration, a range of techniques including metaphor and symbolism are used to generate discovery in the viewer, turning the viewer from a passive participant to an active participant. In doing so, this paper seeks to demonstrate that any potentially passive situation can be turned around into a discovery-filled cognitively engaging activity. |
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