The Animated Classroom: Using Japanese Anime to Engage and Motivate Students

Autor/inn/en	Ruble, Julie; Lysne, Kim
Titel	The Animated Classroom: Using Japanese Anime to Engage and Motivate Students
Quelle	In: English Journal, 100 (2010) 1, S.37-46 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Visual Arts; Foreign Countries; Grade 7; Student Motivation; Teaching Methods; Art Products; Interdisciplinary Approach; Student Interests; Animation; Social Studies; Teacher Collaboration; Video Technology; Environmental Education; Popular Culture; Cultural Differences; Language Arts; Creative Teaching; Japan; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Optische Gestaltung; Ausland; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Schulische Motivation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Künstlerische Produktion; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Studieninteresse; Gemeinschaftskunde; Lehrerkooperation; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Popkultur; Kultureller Unterschied; Sprachkultur; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht
Abstract	Each year, seventh graders at Woodlawn School in Davidson, North Carolina, learn about Japan through a compilation of literature, history, and art. They are introduced to a wide range of ideas and materials: they study the Heian and Tokugawa Periods as well as modern Japan, the code of the samurai warriors, haiku and its components, and Japanese calligraphy and "sumi-e." While this interdisciplinary unit is full of interesting subject matter, the seventh-grade teachers sought a more engaging foothold for students to become personally invested in Japanese culture. The authors therefore decided to harness the entertaining, inviting quality of anime, or Japanese animation, to create a collaborative interdisciplinary project. In this article, an English teacher, visual arts teacher, and social studies teacher collaborate on a project using Hayao Miyazaki's anime film "Spirited Away" to inspire students to create short videos on an environmental theme. (Contains 3 figures and 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10