Using Popular Films to Challenge Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching in Urban Schools

Three popular films reflect many ideas that preservice teachers have about teaching in urban schools: Dangerous Minds, Stand and Deliver, and 187. These movies reinforce naïve beliefs about teaching and learning by depicting classrooms in which students find right answers, authentic learning consist...

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Published in:Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Calif.), 2002-01, Vol.37 (1), p.77-95
Main Author: Grant, Peggy A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Change
Attitudes
Authenticity
Beginning Teachers
Constructivism (Learning)
Cultural Awareness
Diversity (Student)
Educational sciences
Elementary Secondary Education
Environment
Higher Education
Inner City
Learning Processes
Learning Theories
Motion pictures
Multicultural Education
Mythology
Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice teachers
Schools
Sociology of education
Student Teacher Attitudes
Suburban Schools
Teacher Educators
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Urban areas
Urban context, rural context
Urban Schools
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Summary:Three popular films reflect many ideas that preservice teachers have about teaching in urban schools: Dangerous Minds, Stand and Deliver, and 187. These movies reinforce naïve beliefs about teaching and learning by depicting classrooms in which students find right answers, authentic learning consists of using street language, and students are only extrinsically motivated. Teachers in these movies are defined by their personal involvement with students as they rescue them from the pathology of their homes and communities. These images can be used as starting points for reflection about learning and teaching, diversity, and working in educational communities.
ISSN:0042-0859
1552-8340
DOI:10.1177/0042085902371006