Peter Lang Us
Screen Lessons: What We Have Learned from Teachers on Television and in the Movies
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- Mary M Dalton
- Peter Lang Us
- Paperback
- 9781433130830
- 9 X 6 X 0.54 inches
- 0.76 pounds
- Performing Arts > Film - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
This unprecedented volume includes 30 essays by teachers and students about the teacher characters who have inspired them. Drawing on film and television texts, the authors explore screen lessons from a variety of perspectives. Arranged in topical categories, the contributors examine the good teacher; the bad teacher; gender, sexuality, and teaching; race and ethnicity in the classroom; and lessons on social class. From such familiar texts as the Harry Potter series and School of Rock to classics like Blackboard Jungle and Golden Girls to unexpected narratives such as the Van Halen music video Hot for Teacher and Linda Ellerbee's Nick News, the essays are both provocative and instructive.
Courses that could use this book include Education and Popular Culture, Cultural Foundations, Popular Culture Studies, other media studies and television genre classes.
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