Teaching Science Fiction by Women

Since 2006, we were implementing a numerous of educational projects on teaching Science - i.e experiments with low-cost materials, developing and using online scenarios, integrating embodied outdoor activities in our physics lesson and engaging the whole school in Interdisciplinary Astronomy Activities. The most fruitful one, in terms of motivating students, was science theater. Science theater - by doing research on scientific topics, writing down the script, organising a play and communicating our efforts - highlights the need of more and systematic (inclusive) thematic learning throughout school topics. Here we will present our last effort, giving a glimpse of our way of work, putting together document theater, science theater and science fiction.

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UPCT-Bloopbusters: Teaching Science and Technology through Movie Scenes and related Experiments

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'18) ◽

10.4995/head18.2018.7992 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

José-Víctor Rodríguez ◽

Enrique Castro-Rodríguez ◽

Juan-Francisco Sánchez-Pérez ◽

José-Luis Serrano-Martínez

Keyword(s):

Science Fiction ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Teaching Science ◽

Engineering Technology ◽

Educational Methods ◽

Educational Project ◽

Lecture Room ◽

Technology Concepts

In order to change the preconceptions of youth towards science and technology subjects (which, usually, are perceived as difficult or boring), new educational methods aimed at motivating and engaging students in learning are becoming more and more necessary. In this sense, an educational project called ‘UPCT-Bloopbusters’ through which a group of professors of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain, use science fiction movie scenes ─as well as experiments─ within the lecture room to teach both physics and engineering technology is hereby presented. The methodology of the project is properly described and the results of a survey carried out among the students of a course in which such methodology has been used are shown. In view of this survey, it can be concluded that the project has been more than welcome by the students while at the same time has favored the learning of a great deal of physics and technology concepts.

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