Metafora: Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Journal
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): Implementation New Approach in Education

A Cave As A Third Space In Tom Schulmans Play Dead Poets Society; Practical Inspiration For Teachers

Eka Sugeng Ariadi (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)



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Publish Date
01 Dec 2019

Abstract

Literacy is not a matter of talking and discussing the improvement of reading and writing skills, yet more than that, it is extending as a kind of social practice which involving peoples mundane life to generate specific and unique products of each person. Luckily, literacy can be a put in other subjects; literature and education. In this paper, the notion of third space in literacy is applied as the tool to analyze the role of a cave in Tom Schulmans play Dead Poets Society, which then influencing a group of Welton Academy students awareness of their personal identities, their own cognition and their knowledge needed. To examine the students' movements in connecting three spaces; home, school, and cave, the researcher uses the Knowledge and Cognitive Process dimension, which is retrieved from Blooms taxonomy revision as proposed by Krathwohl (2002). The result confirms that the role of a cave, as third space, assists much the students to seek their own voices and identities, and definitely rises their confidence, creativities, and innovations for better transformation. Keywords: Third space, Literacy, Literature, Teaching

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metafora

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Humanities Education Social Sciences

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Metafora : Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Journal published by Universitas Negeri Surabaya cooperates with Asosiasi Program Studi Pendidikan Sosiologi dan Antrapologi Indonesia (APPSANTI) under the management of the Department of Social Sciences (MOU), discuss about education, social and ...