Review Educational Film Tables 1-3 and Filmography

View Tables and Filmography and respond to questions below.

Assignment 4: Questions for Educational Film tables and Class Filmography

(Please respond with details and examples whenever possible)

1. Reviewing the Teacher Race column on the film tables, which race is predominantly

depicted? Why might this be? What is the significance?

2. Noting that approximately 10% of US teachers are Hispanic, how can we account for

only one Hispanic teacher being depicted in the films listed?

3. Are there any movies focused on middle-class (suburban) Blacks or Hispanics? Why

do you think those movies dont get made as much?

4. How have the races of the students and teachers depicted in the films changed and

evolved over the years?

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5. Of the films listed in the Filmography, which have you seen, and which is your favorite? Explain. If you

havent seen any, which would you like to see? Why?

6. Are there any movies you think should be on the list?

7. In reviewing the teacher gender info on the tables and noting that approximately 71% of US

Teachers are women; how do we account for the disproportionate number of movies focused on male teachers?

8. What do you think is the biggest difference between how schools, teachers, and students are depicted on film and

in real life? Explain