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Education in popular culture : telling tales on teachers and learners / Roy Fisher, Ann Harris and Christine Jarvis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Roy, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education in popular culture.
- Education--Social aspects.
- Education.
- Education in mass media.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 207 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Summary:
- 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. Demonstrating how popular culture both reflects and constructs social and professional ideas about the teacher, the book looks at a number of themes central to current debates about education: · sexuality of teachers and of pupils · bullying · pupil rebellion and underachievement · school as a community · lifelong learning.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The good teacher : class heroes and school saints
- The sad and the bad
- High school confidential
- Hot for teacher
- Don't pick on me
- We don't need no education?
- School for grown-ups : lifelong learning in popular culture
- (In)conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [186]-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415332415
- 0415332419
- 9780415332422
- 0415332427
- OCLC:
- 179105126
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