Education 167 - Education and Film
Spring
2018
02
4.00
Danielle O'Brien
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
62349
What do movies like Mean Girls, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Freedom Writers teach us about education? Do the way films represent school, students, and teaching reflect or reproduce our views about particular students and schools? What and how do movies teach us and why does it matter? This course introduces students to selected essential topics in modern educational theory and practice using depictions of teachers, students, and schools in movies as springboards for inquiry.
Open to Undergraduate Freshmen only. This course is affiliated with Connecting with Social Justice RAP in Webster Hall - see http://www.umass.edu/rap/connecting-with-social-justice-rap.
Students in Connecting with Social Justice RAP in Webster Hall will enroll together in "Education and Film" (Education 167). What do movies like Mean Girls, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Freedom Writers teach us about education? Do the way films represent school, students, and teaching reflect or reproduce our views about particular students and schools? What and how do movies teach us and why does it matter?
In this course we will:
(1) Examine Hollywood representations of teaching and schooling- in other words, watch movies
(2) Analyze film as both a product and producer of American society and culture
(3) Learn to identify and understand dominant educational ideologies and the real world impact these ideologies have
(4) Conduct media analysis based on race, class, gender, and sexuality
(5) Reflect on our own identities and educational experiences
(6) Have Fun!
Students in Connecting with Social Justice RAP in Webster Hall will enroll together in "Education and Film" (Education 167). What do movies like Mean Girls, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Freedom Writers teach us about education? Do the way films represent school, students, and teaching reflect or reproduce our views about particular students and schools? What and how do movies teach us and why does it matter?
In this course we will:
(1) Examine Hollywood representations of teaching and schooling- in other words, watch movies
(2) Analyze film as both a product and producer of American society and culture
(3) Learn to identify and understand dominant educational ideologies and the real world impact these ideologies have
(4) Conduct media analysis based on race, class, gender, and sexuality
(5) Reflect on our own identities and educational experiences
(6) Have Fun!