Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Film Reel Education [Paperback]

Films about education provide many of the most popular interpretations of what teaching and learning mean in schools. An analysis of this medium reveals much about the historical, cultural, political, and philosophical dimensions of education. Timely and engaging, this book fills a gap for scholarly and informed public commentary on the portrayal of education in film, offering a wide range of conceptual and interpretive perspectives.

Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Film explores several key questions, including: What does it mean to be a good teacher? How do these good teachers instruct? When is and what makes teaching complex? What constitutes learning? Do educational reforms work? The books interdisciplinary group of contributors answers these important questions in essays highlighting Hollywood, independent, and documentary films. Prospective and practicing teachers will engage with the thought-provoking educational issues raised in this book and gain insight into the complexities of teaching and learning portrayed in film.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: An Invitation to Read and View

Section 1: Teaching

Section 1 Introduction: On Teaching in Film

1. The Teacher Archetype in the Movies

James Rhem

2. From Blackboard To Smartboard: Hollywoods Perennially Misleading Teacher Heroes

Avram Barlowe and Ann Cook

3. Exploring the Heroic Teacher Narrative with Help From the Trickster

Ian Parker Renga

4. Contending Views of Teaching in Film

Daniel P. Liston

5. Monsieur Lazhar: The Subversive Dance of Relationship and the Fierce Urgency of Now

Linda Irwin-DeVitis and JoseplÂ