A Critical Close-up: Three Films and Their Lessons in Critical Literacy

Autor/in	Hodges, Amanda L.
Titel	A Critical Close-up: Three Films and Their Lessons in Critical Literacy
Quelle	In: English Journal, 99 (2010) 3, S.70-75 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Teachers; Films; Critical Thinking; Literacy Education; Adolescents; Social Attitudes; Social Values; Teaching Methods; Social Influences; Student Role; Community; English Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Film; Kritisches Denken; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozialer Wert; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sozialer Einfluss; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht
Abstract	Movies are a part of social discourse, and they may show "life the way people would like to make it." As educators look at society's changing views of knowledge, learning, teaching, and success, they can engage in that discourse and consider ways it does--or does not--reflect and affect pedagogies and daily lives. As Hollywood directs society's attention to issues of social justice and changing views of teaching, teachers can respond by troubling conventional and critical notions of literacy. By exploring three films and raising questions concerning dialogue, contextual learning, and reading itself, classroom teachers can think about the ideological message of films and critical literacy in a new way. In this article, the films "Renaissance Man," "The Great Debaters," and "Akeelah and the Bee" offer positive representations of teaching and learning. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10