The "Hollywoodization" of Education Reform in "Won't Back Down"

Autor/inn/en	Goering, Christian Z.; Witte, Shelbie; Jennings Davis, Jennifer; Ward, Peggy; Flammang, Brandon; Gerhardson, Ashley
Titel	The "Hollywoodization" of Education Reform in "Won't Back Down"
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 12 (2015) 3, S.205-222 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1550-5170
DOI	10.1080/15505170.2015.1067658
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Commercialization; Privatization; Films; Progressive Education; Charter Schools; Unions; Misconceptions; Popular Culture; School Law + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Film; Reformpädagogik; Progressive Erziehung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Missverständnis; Popkultur; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht
Abstract	What happens when forces attempting to privatize education create and produce a Hollywood film with an education reform plot line? This essay explores "Won't Back Down" through cultural studies and progressive education lenses in an effort to unveil misrepresentations of education and education reform. Drawing on scholarship in these fields, the authors deconstruct pervasive and misleading narratives as they are presented in the film, ultimately revealing that the film acts to further distort or "Hollywoodize" an entity that rests on false premises, the education reform movement. Through careful examination and analysis, the authors conclude that rather than charter schools or the fictionalized Parent Trigger Law, the teachers. unions are the implicit target of the film. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01