The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers and Teaching in the Movies

Well, this is the first article I'm writing after Prodocência. I have already been missing the lectures we used to have and the lingüistic imersions. I was supposed to have written this text some time ago. Teacher Luciana Colucci asked us to write an article based on the film The Emperor's Club.

Watching the film reminded me of a text I read at university (UFU) - The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers and Teaching in the Movies, by Mary Dalton.

In her book, Mary Dalton analyses a series of films in which teachers and students' relationships are portrayed. Most of the films analysed by Dalton concern about a troublesome class or student and a teacher who is seen as a heroe.

In the film broadcast we see students with a high social status and a teacher who focus his classes on Greek and Roman emperors. Students have a contest in which the winner is crowned as Julius Caesar. The winner is the one who answers more questions about the Roman and Greek emperors.

The turning point of the film is the arrival of a student who doesn't possess the teacher principles.

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