From martyrs to murderers : : images of teachers and teaching in hollywood films. / / Robert L. Dahlgren.

• VerfasserIn: Dahlgren, Robert L. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] ;, Taipei, [Taiwan] : : Sense Publishers,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Language: English
• Series: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (CLXII, 10 p.)

In From Martyrs to Murderers, the author explores the connections between the dark, unflattering representations of public schools, teachers and teaching in popular Hollywood films and the conservative attacks on public education that have culminated in a generation of neo-liberal standards reform m...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• Introduction
• Education and Popular Culture Narratives
• The Shift
• The “Crisis” in America’s Public Schools
• Classroom Management in Hollywood Schools
• Instructional Practices in Hollywood’s Imagination
• Teacher/Student Interactions on the Silver Screen
• The Mavericks
• Myth, Reality and America’s Public Schools
• Conclusions
• Filmography.