Tinsel Town as Teacher: Hollywood Film in the High School Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Marcus, Alan S.; Stoddard, Jeremy D.
Titel	Tinsel Town as Teacher: Hollywood Film in the High School Classroom
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 40 (2007) 3, S.303-330 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	United States History; Films; Mass Media Use; History Instruction; High Schools; Teacher Surveys; Secondary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Connecticut; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Mediennutzung; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; High school; Oberschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Reported in this article are the results of research that explored which feature films teachers are using to teach high school United States history and how and why they are using these films. The terms "feature film" and "Hollywood film" are used throughout to refer to movies commercially created for a mass audience, often for entertainment and profit. Although documentary films may also be a staple of many history classrooms, they are often created for different purposes and use different techniques, so they are not considered in this analysis. The study strives to establish baseline data to provide resources for those studying issues of film pedagogy and students' historical understanding and to continue the work of those documenting and examining teacher practices in general. Data from the study provide an understanding of the practices of one group of teachers in utilizing film as a resource and of the potential influence on their classrooms' history curriculum. For example, the analyses include examining ways in which the Hollywood films being used provide materials that supplement and/or diversify those available in high school textbooks, asking how their use either promotes narratives alternative to traditional United States history, or just reinforces traditional historical messages. (Contains 7 tables and 4 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.thehistoryteacher.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10