Using YouTube in Education

This YouTube clip is Chris Brown apologising for being violent toward Rihanna, his girlfriend at the time.
The address also has pictures of Rihanna after the incident. She has bruises over her face.

I would use the clip for relationship studies, addressing domestic violence in that context.

I would aim the clip at year levels 7 - 12, and both genders.
This is a good clip to show the real consequences of domestic violence - the emotional and physical consequences, and the consequence, among others, being a damaged career. Chris Brown and Rihanna are music stars who learners of ages 12 to 17 would know of. This story was heavily publicised so many, if not all, learners are aware of it.



The medium of video gives learners a real and meaningful connection to the subject matter. My learners can see, first hand, behaviour and consequences. It is real. They can see all the emotions involved as well as related physical consequences. Video, then, is more effective than I when simply speaking or showing pictures.

I relate this scenario and context to Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and Emotional Intelligences. My outcome, here, is to have my learners realise domestic violence is wrong. I want them to be moved to distaste for domestic violence, and sympathy and pity. Learners who do have Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and/or Emotional intelligence/s are likely not to even need to see a video to achieve this outcome. They are already sensitised to and aware of their own feelings and concern for others. It is my learners who do not have these Intelligences that this video can stimulate mostly. It is so emotive it makes the viewer aware. When such thinking is unnatural, the video can be a catalyst for thinking in Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Emotional ways.



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