Representing Education in Film [electronic resource] : How Hollywood Portrays Educational Thought, Settings, and Issues /
Resnick, David.author.
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 general knowledge on critical issues like funding for arts education, what we mean by successful civic education, and the educational value of sports. This project, which includes topics such as the gender gap in civic education,  religious   education, and what animated films have to say about human education, can serve as a "viewer's guide" to selected educational issues in film and may spur the intelligent use of films in public debate.  .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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. .
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 general knowledge on critical issues like funding for arts education, what we mean by successful civic education, and the educational value of sports. This project, which includes topics such as the gender gap in civic education,  religious   education, and what animated films have to say about human education, can serve as a "viewer's guide" to selected educational issues in film and may spur the intelligent use of films in public debate.  .
Educational sociology.
Motion pictures and television.
Sociology of Education.
Screen Studies.