Media and Education CFP

From: Dan Leopard <[email protected]>

Call for Papers

Teachers, Teaching and the Media:
Practices of Pedagogy from Social Media to the Cineplex

Transdisciplinary Conference on Media and Education

October 16-18, 2014
Saint Mary=92s College of California
Moraga, CA (20 minutes east of Berkeley in the San Francisco Bay Area)

The Teachers, Teaching and the Media conference will focus on =
representations of teachers and education in film, television, and =
digital/social media and the theory and practice of media-based pedagogy =
in the classroom.  With this intersecting emphasis on representations =
and practices, we are looking for papers and presentations that =
critically examine the cultural and historical representations of =
teachers, students, and the educational setting as well as those that =
look at the ways that films, television, and digital media open up =
possibilities for new forms of teaching and learning within formal or =
informal educational contexts (the college, school, living room, or =
Cineplex). =20

Movies and television have a long tradition of taking school life and =
teachers as subjects for their narratives.  These narratives have =
circulated powerful, though often reductive, representations of teachers =
and have influenced our sense of what meaningful educational experiences =
are supposed to look like.  Such representations shape our understanding =
of the dynamics of teacher-student relationships and the roles (positive =
and negative) that teachers play in the lives of students and the larger =
community.  In short, the media have become unlikely authoritative texts =
on what counts as good education.  But have the stories that films (and =
other media) tell about teachers become so formulaic that other more =
complex and realistic stories are unavailable to us in the popular =
culture?

In addition, as media come to increasingly dominate discussions of =
educational policy and practice, what contributions can film, =
television, social media, videogames and such bring to bear upon =
classroom pedagogy?  Can education as an institution engage, better yet =
resist, the entertainment culture that defines public discourse in =
contemporary society?  How has increased media literacy changed the =
common knowledge and skills that students bring with them to school?  =
Panels will explore how the media continue to transform pedagogy within =
historical, cultural, social, and educational frameworks =96 from the =
first uses of radio in the early 1920s to the most recent experiences =
with social media and the rise of MOOCs.

Conference organizers understand issues surrounding the use of media in =
education as closely linked to the representations of teachers on the =
screen. This conference will be an opportunity for those who work with =
the media in the classroom to discuss ideas with those who research =
representations of the classroom in the media.

Proposals=20

Conference organizers invite paper and panel proposals from a range of =
disciplines (education, film studies, media and cultural studies, =
sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, English, American studies, =
communication, etc.) and theoretical positions (psychoanalysis, Marxism, =
critical race theory, cybernetics, poststructuralism, media ethnography, =
critical pedagogy, media archaeology, etc.).  We are open to a wide =
variety of topics and approaches and welcome presentations that =
incorporate expanded forms of scholarship.  Some possible questions =
include:

How has Hollywood represented teachers (as heroes and saints) and =
students (as hooligans and lost souls)?  How has it treated racial and =
ethnic issues in education?  How has it represented gender in the =
school?

How should media be used in the classroom? How should it not be used?

How have cultural representations of teachers and teaching changed over =
time?  How does, for example, the model of the good or beloved teacher =
change in films over the decades leading up to the current conjuncture?

How are teachers and teaching depicted in world cinema and global media? =
 How has transnationalism and the flows of capital influenced the =
discourse on education in national contexts?=20

How have innovative ideas in educational and media theory driven the =
agenda for the use of media and media-based technologies in primary, =
secondary, and higher education?

In what ways have the cinema=92s depiction of teaching and schools =
informed the public=92s view of the education system and, in particular, =
the teaching profession? How have these representations driven policy =
around public versus private funding for higher education?

How do MOOCs, online learning, social media, and the automation of =
instruction enhance or threaten the popular and professional mission of =
pedagogy and learning?

Please send proposals of 250-500 words and a short bio statement to =
[email protected] by January 10, 2014.  Submitted proposals will =
be reviewed by an interdisciplinary committee comprised of scholars from =
relevant fields. Acceptance of papers will be announced in March 2014.

Dan Leopard, Media Studies and Communication, [email protected]

Robert Bulman, Sociology, [email protected]

Saint Mary=92s College of California
1928 St. Mary=92s Road
Moraga, CA 94575



Dan Leopard
Associate Professor
Media Studies and Communication
Saint Mary's College of California
310-779-4908
[email protected]
[email protected]

Teaching with the Screen: Pedagogy, Agency, and Media Culture
www.routledge.com/9780415640626
teach-screen.org


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