Recently more and more multimedia have been developed and have affected the society, its people, and their life and communication methods. Accordingly, schools are acknowledging the change and trying to introduce a variety of learning methods for unde...
Recently more and more multimedia have been developed and have affected the society, its people, and their life and communication methods. Accordingly, schools are acknowledging the change and trying to introduce a variety of learning methods for understanding literature. This study is based not only on the change but also on the idea that learner-centeredness can enable learners to internalize what they learn. In this respect, students should be encouraged to participate and reconstruct media in their literature class. The study is therefore on the methods used to appreciate characters in novels through reconstructing media.
Reconstructing media means that students actively and positively participate in analyzing and using media products related to the literary novels they have learned to produce their own flash movies. Therefore, students should first understand the original literary works and analyze the characters. To create their own media products, they should go through precise analysis, which help them to appreciate the novel. Also students can achieve the final goal of internalization of the literary works by recreating the characters of novels through their own interpretations and perspectives.
The second chapter is on the theoretical backgrounds of this study. We will go through some changes of the perspectives in media education and see how the changes have been applied to 2007 curriculum revision, which will help to understand the current trends of using media in literature education. The examples of the media-applied methods in teaching literature will also be covered.
Based on chapter two, the following chapter will focus on how to teach students to reconstruct the media products in this activity. Moreover, the way of character analysis in literature class is presented. As examples, the programs, 'Interview on the Spot,' 'Human Drama' are mentioned to provide the media-applied methods through reconstructing media.
Chapter four actually presents the actual model for the media-applied method by reconstructing the media products based on 'Spring, Spring.' and describes the actual classes that have used this model.
Finally, in the last chapter, the significance and limitations of this method will be covered and the proposal for the ongoing literature class using the media-applied methods.
The actual class target was freshmen of a high school, located in Bucheon City. The students learned how to analyze and use the media products to recreate them based on the literary work they read. After the class, questionnaires were posed to see the following pedagogical significances.
Firstly, students' participation increased. This is considered natural since the media products are familiar to them. Their change in positive attitudes are also thanks to the media-applied method that gives students chances to create their own flash movies based on their interpretation. This is more than compare and contrast between the media products and the original stories. The method enables students to understand the literary works by appreciating and analyzing them. and to express their understanding. Furthermore, the importance of being cooperative in class is also recognized.
Secondly, the method gave students opportunities to learn how to learn in the modern society full of media products and inputs. This shows it is possible and necessary to use media even in teaching novels in class.
Thirdly, the ultimate goals of literature education, internalization and reconstruction, could also be achieved. Through reconstructing media, students have opportunities to express their understanding, they could produce their own literary works, which indicates that they have internalized the original work. That is to say, reconstructing helps students to better understand literature. This is to show that literary works, the printed version of literature, and media products, the media version of literature, actually coexist and interact to help students achieve literary senses and internalization.
Therefore, we can conclude that media-applied methods can fulfill the goals of literature education.