Representing Education in Film How Hollywood Portrays Educational Thought, Settings, and Issues /

• Main Author: Resnick, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Educational sociology.; Motion pictures and television.; Sociology of Education.; Screen Studies.

This book presents an incisive analysis of how fundamental issues in education are portrayed in film. Focusing on recent films, the author draws on a wide range of educational thinkers and fields of research to examine issues not discussed before. Resnick challenges our assumptions and enriches our...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Defining "Education Movies" in Educational Terms
• 3. Education as Change - The Question of Changeability
• Part II
• 4. Sports Coach as Educator
• 5. Arts Education
• 6. Religious Education
• 7. Civic Education
• 8. The Rear-View Mirror. .