Portrayal of Teachers in Popular Media: Pushing the Frontier of Collaboration with Media Business in Pedagogy and Technology

Orest Cap, Joanna Black

Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2014.25028                

Abstract

This presentation is based on a unique Summer Institute at the University of Manitoba, Canada in which the presenters examined the relationship between pedagogy and the popular mass media from ([6] Butler, 2000; [12] Maruri, 2012) and beyond [11] Dalton (2010). The image of the tea- cher provides thematic explorations of school culture, pedagogy, human rights, equality, race, gender, bullying, poverty, stereotyping, and power relations [7] Bulman (2005). The authors of the paper describe a case study which was carried out in a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Education and Master of Education program at the Faculty of Education over a two-week period in August of 2013 with 24 pre-service public school teachers and technical college instructors.

Keywords

Teachers, Business and Industry Collaboration, Popular Media, Quality Teaching, Partnerships with Business, Image of the Teacher in Films, Faculty of Education and Linkage with Media, University-Industry Cooperation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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