Administration - Curricula, Teaching - General & Miscellaneous, Teaching - Curricula, Subject Matter in Film
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Overview
Fifty-eight motion pictures distributed widely in the United States over the past sixty years are analyzed to construct a theory of curriculum in the movies grounded in cultural studies and critical pedagogy. The social curriculum of Hollywood implicit in popular films is based on individual rather than collective action and relies on that carefully plotted action rather than meaningful struggle to ensure the ultimate outcome leaving educational institutions, which represent the larger status quo, intact and in power. Interrogating the "Hollywood Curriculum" is to ask what it means as a culture to be responsive at both social and personal levels and to engage these films as both entertaining and potentially transformative.Editorials
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Fifty-eight motion pictures distributed widely in the US over the past 60 years are analyzed to construct a theory of curriculum in the movies grounded in cultural studies and critical pedagogy. Looks at the way popular culture constructs its own curriculum in the movies through on-screen relationships between teachers and students, using Huebner's five frameworks for valuing curriculum and interpretations of films as a basis for discussion of the meaning of popular culture and its importance in a democratic vision for education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)Book Details
Published
February 4, 2008
Publisher
New York : Peter Lang, c1999.
Pages
117
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780820437323