ERIC Number: EJ1433815
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-3116
EISSN: EISSN-1464-5173
Analysing the Potential of Disney-Pixar Films for Educating Young Children in Inclusive Values
International Journal of Inclusive Education, v28 n8 p1616-1633 2024
The use of films in the classroom is not new, as they promote critical thinking and reflection (Prats, Lluis. 2005. "Cine para Educar." Barcelona: Belacqua). However, their role in promoting inclusive values with young learners remains relatively unexplored. Films have been considered a powerful pedagogical tool that helps students be in contact with the Other, creating new feelings of understanding and emotional attachment (Saito, Haito. 2010. "Actor-Network Theory of Cosmopolitan Education." "Sociological Theory" 29 (2), 124-149). In the present work, the pedagogical potential of three Disney-Pixar films is explored to educate young learners in inclusive values related to difference and diversity. To do this, the authors perform a formal analysis using eight key elements linked to inclusive education and the Spanish curriculum for infant education. Results show that these elements are present, with a higher predominance of portraying different races or ethnicities, and the display of border transgressions, demonstrating they may enhance young learners' learning of inclusive values in the classroom.
Descriptors: Films, Inclusion, Diversity, Preschool Education, Critical Thinking, Reflection, Teaching Methods, Race, Ethnicity, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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