Bradford Film School lecturer Franzi Florack (right) is in the process of addressing three national research conferences, sharing her ideas on the role of film in helping schoolchildren do well in the classroom.
Franzi, 25, works at the new Bradford-WWI Film School as a lecturer and is also studying for a PhD which looks at how films can provide a stimulus to engage pupils in creative writing.
She said: “Since its invention 115 years ago, film has continued to affect people in a way that very few other media can. “Understanding the connection between emotion and motivation has the potential to help teachers engage students and increase attainment levels in any subject.”
Franzi spoke at the University of Leeds Education Research Students’ Annual Conference yesterday (THUR) and at the Kaleidoscope Postgraduate Conference, University of Cambridge, on May 30.
On June 6, she will address the Translation and Transformation Conference at the University of Sheffield.
Franzi’s PhD centres on observing year five schoolchildren involved in a media literacy scheme run by the Bradford UNESCO City of Film initiative. Questionnaires and writing tests will document the pupils’ emotional reaction to films and their impact on attainment.
For more information visit www.bradfordfilmschool.co.uk
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