TCED 6959 Law and Ethics for the Classroom Teacher

Assignment for Legal, Ethical, and Civic Analysis of the Film Teachers

Randy L. Hoover, Instructor

Using the film Teachers (United Artists, 1984), you are to analyze and interpret it from the perspectives of most salient legal, ethical, and civic education concepts, principles, and ideas taught in this course. Though the task may seem daunting, I do not expect you to use everything taught in the entire course. The film is a window that looks upon explicit legal, ethical, and civic education phenomena—the events within the story told by the film.

You may approach the assignment any way you wish. You may divide your analysis into the three domains or you may follow the sequence of the film using the three domains where they are appropriate as the phenomena occur. Or, you may select the major constructs across the domains and bring events of the film into your discussion to make your analysis and support your arguments. Also, you may choose to take a special approach to the film analysis such as taking one particular strand or sub-plot and doing an in-depth analysis of it. If you choose this last approach, please discuss it with me to make sure I think it is doable. Likewise, if you come up with an approach that is unique, please discuss it with me first.

For the purposes of this assignment, make sure you approach the analysis from the view that the school is located in the State in which you hold or are acquiring licensure. (FYI— It was filmed in Columbus at the old Central High School.)

We will discuss this assignment in detail during class.

Be sure to read my Guidelines for Graduate Writing found on the class materials download site.