Reel Education

Jacqueline Bach (PhD, Oklahoma State University) is the Elena and Albert LeBlanc Associate Professor of English Education and Curriculum Theory at Louisiana State University. She has published texts on films and reality television shows in journals such as The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, English Education, and Pedagogies.

• Acknowledgments and Introduction – Section I: Race to Represent First: Documentaries – "Something Is Wrong in the Education System": Manufacturing a Crisis in the School Documentary – "But No One Taught Me": An Educational Mockumentary – "You Know that Kids Are Getting a Really Crappy Education Now": Teaching Documentaries through Interpretive, Ideological, and Activist Approaches – Section II: Based on Actual Events: Biopics – "I See the Same F—ing Movies You Do, Man": An Analysis of Three Biopics about Teachers – Trapped by Futility: The Problems with Claiming Connections to Real Classrooms in The Class – "I Can’t Teach You That Other Stuff": Incorporating Biopics about Education into the Classroom – Section III: Real Worlds: Reality Television – "An Essential Ingredient of Trust": An Overview of the Pedagogical Aspects of Reality Television – "Are You Here to Tell a Story?": An Analysis of One Reality Television Show about Teaching – "Make It Work": Incorporating Reality Television into the Classroom