Fantasy movies as favorable scenario for biodiversity conservation : A case study involving the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

ISBN-13: 9786139499823 / Angielski

Eliana Claudia Pinto Trentin; Guilherme Malafaia; Aline S. L. Rodrigues

Opis

Our objective was to evaluate the viability of using fantasy movies as didactic resource to boost pro-environmental education in young students. Therefore, we chose the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" to test the hypothesis that fantasy movies, contribute to environmental education in schools. The study was divided in two phases: (i) elementary-school students watched the movie and (ii) participated in an educational activity related to the Cerrado biome (Brazil). Based on our data, students who participated in the two phases of the experiment significantly increased their knowledge about biodiversity, ecology, Cerrado biome features, environmental impacts and animal trafficking. Students who only watched the movie, who only participated in phase "ii" or who did not participate in the activities, did not record the same results. Our study is the first to use the script, production, plot, scenarios, space, characters and audio effects of a fantasy movie as strategy to develop environmental education in basic education. In addition, it is a good example about this movie's potential to approch conservation issues related to different natural resources.

O autorze

Trentin, Eliana Claudia Pinto
This work was developed within the scope of the Professional Master's Program in Conservation of Natural Resources of the Federal Institute Cerrado Goiano Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil. Eliana is a Science teacher linked to the State Department of Education of the State of Goiás, Brazil.