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Itir Toksöz – Journal of Peace Education, 2024
Given the increasing popularity of the science-fiction genre, its capacity for worldbuilding and its long-durée vision, coupled with both the difficulty of discussing issues of migration in today's world as something more than a problem of the present and the necessity to go beyond this presentism, the author argues that science-fiction films…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Peace, Education, Migration
Izgi, Ümit – Online Submission, 2017
In this research, opinions of preservice elementary teachers on science fiction films are investigated in terms of gender, academic success and department. The survey research method was used in this study. In this descriptive study, a relational screening model was used from survey method to determine the current situation. The relational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Ongel-Erdal, Sevinc; Sonmez, Duygu; Day, Rob – Online Submission, 2004
According to renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, "science fiction is useful both for stimulating the imagination and for diffusing fear of the future." Indeed, several studies suggest that using science fiction movies as a teaching aid can improve both motivation and achievement. However, if a movie's plot crosses the line between good…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Science Instruction, Films, Scientific Concepts