Teaching Film and Television
The God Father vs. The Odyssey . I think I might have to use that idea, it sounds like a good one.
"It was not uncommon for students to differ in their interpretations and have heated discussions over possible meanings of images , camera angles, dialogue, and so on," (75).
It mentioned that during a Time to Kill there were racial riots which brought in the Carl Lee Trial. I wonder what movies were put out that relate to the Rodney King incident.
"The class here is beginning to relate the popular cultural text to their everyday lives." (pp.77). This sounds good and dandy, and I'm sure the students are having a blast, but are there or were there certain standards that a teacher had to follow, and what standards is he or she following when they conduct lessons like these. After reading a little further I realize that this instructor is taking these different forms of texts and having students relate them to bigger issues in society.
In one of the groups discussions they talked about femininity and sex roles. Do they grasp those concepts just from this assignment, or do they have to dig deeper before they get into the different texts? Let us pretend that they are supposed to dig deeper into issues of femininity and sex roles before the movie portion, does the instructor have it all laid out? Does he let the class know what the whole overall objective is, or is it best to introduce a little bit at a time? (HELP ME ON THAT ONE).
SHALIA: "If it wasn't for someone in 1919 to speak out, we wouldn't have a voice now," (pp.83). Was the prior knowledge taught by the instructor to help her infer this?
ANSWER TO A PREVIOUS QUESTION: "Teachers were excited about creating lesson that interested and related to students while simultaneously satisfying district and state curriculum standards," (pp. 89). It's finding a happy medium between teachers and the students.
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