Using Film as an Active Instructional Tool in Teaching and Learning in Kenyan Secondary Schools

Abstract

This chapter examines the use of film as a tool for instruction using a constructivism inquiry paradigm and action research. It also describes didactic modes of using film in active learning and teaching literature in Kenyan secondary schools. Students' responses to adapted films of the approved set books were the source of data. Deductive and inductive thematic methods were used in data analysis. The findings how film provides an edifying experience to diverse groups of learners, thereby improving their comprehension, concentration, and retention abilities. It also reveals how film helps learners to develop various skills such as cognitive, critical thinking, creative thinking, social, and cultural that are tenets of the competency based curriculum.