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ERIC Number: EJ1210294
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1918-5979
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Teachers in Film: Always in Process
Ahn, Claire; Leggo, Carl
Canadian Journal of Education, v42 n1 p117-137 Spr 2019
Teachers are often portrayed in Hollywood films as superhuman. While these types of films may perpetuate certain stereotypes of teachers, they can also have a great influence. Based on their own teaching experiences, and having viewed and re-viewed the films "Dangerous Minds" (Bruckheimer, Simpson, & Smith, 1995) and "The English Teacher" (Despres, LeClair, Salerno, & Zisk, 2013), the authors reflect on the importance of offering pre-service teachers the chance to consider how Hollywood-teacher films can affect their emerging teacher identities. This article is the result of a research project that included an extensive review of 25 Hollywood-teacher films, and through the processes of narrative inquiry provides a self-reflexive discussion on how certain films have shaped the authors' teaching and teacher identities.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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