Beschreibung:
This book provides an overview of education as it is represented in popular culture, together with a framework through which educators can interpret these representations in relation to their own professional values and development. This framework also links the portrayal of teachers with on-going educational and political discourses.
1. Introduction 2. The Good Teacher: Class Heroes and School Saints 3. The Sad and the Bad 4. High School Confidential 5. Hot for Teacher 6. Don't Pick On Me 7. We Don't Need No Education? 8. School for Grown Ups: Lifelong Learning in Popular Culture 9. (In) Conclusion