ERIC Number: EJ1252057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 4
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Fluid Mechanics Education Using Japanese Anime: Examples from "Castle in the Sky" by Hayao Miyazaki
Ryu, Sangjin; Zhang, Haipeng; Peteranetz, Markeya; Daher, Tareq
Physics Teacher, v58 n4 p230-233 Apr 2020
Current K-12 and undergraduate students have grown up with constant exposure to visual popular culture (e.g., movies, TV programs, graphic novels, etc.). Because youth find pop culture references in the classroom to be engaging, many science and engineering instructors have shown that examples found in visual pop culture can be used to teach science and engineering concepts. One recent study on the efficacy of using pop culture for instruction found that high school students learning from graphic-novel style comics acquired deeper understanding of complex subject matter and reported higher engagement with the instructional materials as compared to students learning from traditional text materials. Furthermore, the increased engagement with the instructional comics was even greater for students who were less likely to self-identify as a "science person."
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Popular Culture, Cartoons, Novels, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Learner Engagement, Physics, High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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