Science Fiction to Promote Science: Learning Literacy and Social Understanding
Science Fiction to Promote Science: Learning Literacy and Social Understanding
Author(s): James HollenbeckSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Communication studies, Theory of Communication, School education, Higher Education , Educational Psychology, State/Government and Education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: science fiction; science literacy; motivation; alternative teaching; Physics; Biology; teaching
Summary/Abstract: The use of science fiction will open new ways of learning and understanding science. Science fiction has long been discussed as a way to get students and adults alike more interested in science; – literary works could be successfully used to communicate science not only to children or scholars but also to the general public. Research and practical application in the classroom has found that, after reading science fiction stories and watching science fiction entertainment, there was a significant positive effect on the understanding of students who do not study advanced science. Using science fiction helps students to link literacy and science. Science fiction was found to enrich the science content and the abstract found in traditional science textbooks.
Journal: Химия. Природните науки в образованието
- Issue Year: 29/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 342-352
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF