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Teacher Features is the podcast that explores what Hollywood gets right and wrong about education. In each episode we watch a movie that features a teacher. We then discuss what the teacher does well, what they do poorly, and what they could do to improve their teaching. Teacher Features is hosted by Kathryn Oberg and Jake Scott, two elementary school teachers in Minnesota.
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Bad Teacher | Teacher Features: Episode 12
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Regrettably, this week we watched the movie Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz. This movie was terrible. We both hated it. Even Jason Segel could not elevate this dumpster fire of a movie. But maybe we can learn something from this, right? Cameron Diaz is Ms. Halsey. She wants to attract a rich husband, so she cooks up a contrived plot to get rich b…
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October Sky | Teacher Features: Episode 11
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October Sky is the story of a rocket-loving boy named Homer and the teacher who inspired him. The teacher is Ms. Riley, played by Laura Dern. We watched October Sky and did an evaluation on Ms. Riley. The post October Sky | Teacher Features: Episode 11 appeared first on NoisePicnic Podcast Network.By Kathryn Oberg and Jake Scott
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Matilda (part 2) | Teacher Features: Episode 10
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This week we continued our discussion of Matilda and did a teacher evaluation of Agatha Trunchbull, aka The Trunchbull, the principal at Matilda’s school. Ms. Trunchbull, a former Olympian, rules her school with an iron fist. Her towering figure and acerbic tongue strike fear into the hearts of her students and staff. A firm believer in corporal pu…
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For this episode we evaluated Ms. Honey, the loving primary school teacher from Matilda. Directed by Danny Devito, this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic middle grade novel tells the story of a gifted young girl named Matilda. Matilda is a genius and when she goes to school her teacher immediately recognizes her gifts. However, the wicked principa…
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A Christmas Story | Teacher Features: Episode 8
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In this special holiday episode we evaluate Ms. Shields from A Christmas Story. Shields is definitely old school – this movie takes place in the 30’s – but we can still apply some of her strategies in our modern classrooms. Ms. Shields definitely has command of her students, but there are a few things we didn’t like about her methods. Jake has some…
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Teacher Features: Episode 7
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In this episode we watched Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and did an evaluation of Yoda’s teaching. Yoda isn’t a typical teacher like we’ve seen in the other movies we’ve reviewed. He’s doing a 1:1 Jedi training with Luke Skywalker. His methods may seem unconventional, but he gets results. We went into a lot of detail about Yoda’s backstory. Ka…
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Dead Poets Society | Teacher Features Podcast: Episode 6
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In this episode we discuss Dead Poets Society, the classic teacher movie starring Robin Williams as Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating is back at his alma mater as an English teacher, trying to give the prep school adolescent boys a good education. He inspires them to form the Dead Poets Society and seize the day. We discuss how much a teacher is responsible…
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For this episode we watched Mean Girls and evaluated Tina Fey’s character, Ms. Norbury. Ms. Norbury is not the main character in the movie, so we had less evidence to base her evaluation on than movies in which the teacher is the focus. She has far less screen time than teachers in other movies in which the teacher is the focus of the story. Despit…
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Mona Lisa Smile | Teacher Features: Episode 4
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For this episode we watched Mona Lisa Smile (2003) to evaluate Julia Roberts’ character, Katherine Watson. Ms. Watson is an art history professor at a prestigious women’s college, but her progressive beliefs rub a lot of students, parents, and faculty the wrong way. Katherine has to navigate through her first year teaching in a place where her view…
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School of Rock | Teacher Features: Episode 3
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In this episode we evaluate Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn (aka Ned Schneebly) the movie School of Rock (2003) . In the film, Dewey Finn (Jack Black) poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. He decides to toss aside conventional curriculum and teach the kids how to be a rock band. Things get tricky when it’s discovered that De…
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Freedom Writers | Teacher Features: Episode 2
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This week we watched Freedom Writers. In this 2007 movie, Hilary Swank plays Erin Gruwell, a young teacher who inspires students in an inner city high school. In our discussion of this movie, we touch on White Savior movies and how they are problematic. The White Savior story is super common in teacher movies. For more about White Savior Narratives…
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Kindergarten Cop | Teacher Features: Episode 1
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In this episode, we discuss Kindergarten Cop (1990) to determine whether or not John Kimball (Arnold Schwarzenegger) was a good kindergarten teacher. We discuss what Kimball does well, what he does poorly, and give suggestions for how he could improve as a teacher. We also talk about kinesthetic learning, school safety, and how to properly care f…
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