Teaching and Learning on Screen

What stories are told about teaching and learning on TV and in film? And how do these storiesreflect, refract and construct myths, anxieties and pleasures about teaching and learning?This collection looks at how pedagogy is represented on screen, and how TV programs andfilms translate pedagogic ideas into stories and relationships. International in scope, withcase studies and analysis from the UK, US, Australia, Turkey and Brazil-the book adopts acritical stance in relation to the ways in which theories of learning and myths about educationare mobilized on screen. Teaching and Learning on Screen: Mediated Pedagogies provides astimulating addition to the field of media and cultural studies, while also promoting debateabout particular pedagogic models and strategies that will contribute to the professionaldevelopment of educators and those involved in teacher education.