Science Fiction Cinema in Science Education and the Development of Future Thinking Visions....Aspirations

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his paper deals with the concept of science fiction cinema, where science fiction is an anticipation of what can happen in the future in light of scientific explanations of natural phenomena. Science fiction films have global mass popularity due to their special effects, and they are among the important methods for science education because of their development The learners’ ability to have creative and critical thinking skills, and to increase their ability to learn scientific concepts in an interesting    manner. It also helps them predict future scientific discoveries and inventions, and contributes to developing the dimensions of future thinking, which is one of the types of thinking related to future foresight. Despite the importance of science fiction films, there are shortcomings in using them to teach science. The current paper recommended the necessity of enriching science curriculum with science fiction literature, and including science fiction cinema as one of the methods of teaching science within the teaching methods curriculum of teacher preparation programs at the College of Education.