In this episode I draw two lessons from Jaws that we can apply to drama in learning: 1. How story builds context toallow a viewer to create their own meaning2. How to create character conflict without painting either character as “bad”.
Episode 5, The Imitation Game
April 21, 2022
This movie left me wanting to find out more. You can teach some broad principles and even a few facts and figures with drama, and it can be verysticky learning, but if you try to use drama to teach semantic detail, you’ll undermine its core strength as a learning tool.
