Dossier on Govan Young: Exploring children’s historical consciousness through film and archaeology

Archibald, D. , Driscoll, S. T. , Doherty, C. and Perry, M. (2018) Dossier on Govan Young: Exploring children’s historical consciousness through film and archaeology. Film Education Journal, 1(2), pp. 193-208. (doi: 10.18546/FEJ.01.2.07)

Abstract

Govan Young (2017) is a 30-minute documentary in which schoolchildren from Glasgow learn of the area’s important but largely unknown medieval history. This dossier brings together four essays that reflect on the film from various academic perspectives – film studies, archaeology and education – to explore how schoolchildren might learn about the past, and develop a historical consciousness, by participating in film-making projects. The dossier also reflects on how educators can learn from those whom they are supposedly teaching, thereby highlighting that experimental pedagogical projects often bring unexpected learning outcomes into being. Consequently, educators must resist the pressures to predict the outcomes of projects, and must strive to keep the future open-ended.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Archibald, Professor David and Driscoll, Professor Stephen and Perry, Professor Mia and Doherty, Prof Catherine
• Authors: Archibald, D., Driscoll, S. T., Doherty, C., and Perry, M.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies; College of Social Sciences > School of Education; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Social Justice Place and Lifelong Education; College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology
• Journal Name: Film Education Journal
• Publisher: UCL IOE Press
• ISSN: 2515-7086
• ISSN (Online): 2515-7086
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Film Education Journal 1(2):193-208
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License