Implications of teaching Magic through Disney's blockbuster film 'Frozen' for gifted learners in Education: Innovation in Curriculum Development

Abstract

Innovation in curriculum development sparks off generation of new ideas that could benefit more gifted learners. It is the mission of educators to 'leave no child behind' for preserving the nation's heritage and knowledge, and gifted learners are of no exception (Mendoza, Charlotte, p. 28) Incorporating magic into English language classroom could certainly teach gifted learners to appreciate magic on one hand; on the other hand, let gifted learners critically reflect on themselves as to exercise their giftedness to the full yet to understand the limitations of giftedness. What is the point of teaching magic in Disney's blockbuster film 'Frozen' for gifted learners? This paper will first examine magic in multiple perspectives and analyze its applications in teaching magic through the film 'Frozen' for gifted learners. The results indicate that teaching magic could help to express emotions in psychology, to necessitate the importance of magic in human development in anthropology, to conjure up the imaginative fantastical world in literature, and most importantly, to educate people the significance of conceiving magic as the uttermost desired in life in the new millennium.