The Hollywood Curriculum
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The Hollywood Curriculum

Teachers in the Movies Third Revised Edition

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  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Hollywood Curriculum

Teachers in the Movies Third Revised Edition

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About this book

The third edition of this book analyzes over 165 films distributed throughout the United States over the last 80 years to construct a theory of curriculum in the movies that is grounded in cultural studies and critical pedagogy. The portrayal of teachers in popular motion pictures is based on individual efforts rather than collective action and relies on codes established by stock characters and predictable plots, which precludes meaningful struggle. These conventions ensure the ultimate outcome of the screen narratives and almost always leave the educational institutions – which represent the larger status quo – intact and dominant. To interrogate "the Hollywood curriculum" is to ask what it means as a culture to be responsive to films at both social and personal levels and to engage these films as both entertaining and potentially transforming.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the Fourth Edition
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Chapter 1: Introduction
  6. Chapter 2: The Hollywood Model: Who Is the Good Teacher?
  7. Chapter 3: The Aesthetic-Ethical-Political Value Frameworks of Good Teachers in the Movies
  8. Chapter 4: The Technical-Scientific Value Frameworks of Bad Teachers in the Movies
  9. Chapter 5: Divided Lives: The Public Work and Private Pathos of Women Teachers in the Movies
  10. Chapter 6: Here But Not Queer: The Mainstreaming of Gay Teachers in the Movies
  11. Chapter 7: Power, Passion, and Teachers: Blurring the Line, Crossing the Line, Is There a Difference?
  12. Chapter 8: When the Podium Becomes a Pedestal: Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class in the Classroom
  13. Chapter 9: Drama Is Conflict: The Roles of Administrators in Hollywood Movies
  14. Chapter 10: Schools, Schooling, and Student Voices
  15. Filmography
  16. Works Cited
  17. Index