And Action! Teaching and Learning Through Film

Abstract

Although previous literature has demonstrated the value of cinemography in enhancing student understating of many concepts, little practical and pedagogical information exists on the actual instructional delivery of cinemeducation. In consideration of this gap, the present piece focused on the instructional delivery of cinema viewing and reviewing to ten marriage/couple and family therapy students with the aim of enhancing their awareness and understanding of family systems theory and diversity. Information was gleaned through student and instructor feedback with regard to the process and outcome of the project and movie reviews, which were collaboratively co-authored by the students for dissemination through publication in a scholarly journal.

Keywords:

• authorship
• cinemeducation
• collaborative writing
• diversity education
• instruction of marriage/couple and family therapy
• marriage/couple and family therapy education
• movie review
• pedagogy of marriage/couple and family therapy