Motivating Learners in the Middle Years: 'Mighty Joe Young'

'In a world where information is largely delivered via television, students expect the same sort of liveliness and accessibility. Movies and sound bring information to life. For example, a movie of a lion stalking its prey or a sound of it roaring provide a much quicker and clearer idea of the animal's movement and call than reading a page of words about it.' – Lesley Russell

Christine Evely uses this quote, which was originally intended to highlight the value of CD-ROMs, and applies it to the usefulness of film in pedagogy, using the film Mighty Joe Young (Ron Underwood, 1998) as a case study.