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Seeing Education on Film

A Conceptual Aesthetics

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Authors:
  1. Alexis Gibbs

    1. Faculty of Education, Health & Social Care, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK

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  • Argues that film provides an essential practical tool for education

  • Highlights the pedagogic potential of films both within and beyond classrooms

  • Emphasises the philosophical opportunities that cinema has to question accepted norms and develop the viewer's critical thinking

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 1-18

  3. Seeing Philosophically

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 19-50

  4. Seeing Philosophy on Film

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 51-74

  5. Seeing (Re-)education on Film

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 75-116

  6. Seeing the Child on Film

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 117-153

  7. Samira Makhmalbaf: The Filmmaker as Educationalist

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 155-190

  8. A Postscript on Film Pedagogy: Context, Community, and Criticism

    • Alexis Gibbs
    Pages 191-216

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 217-227
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About this book

This book argues that certain films have more to offer by way of conceptualising education than textual scholarship. Drawing on the work of the later Wittgenstein, it suggests that a shift in our philosophical focus from knowing to seeing can allow for ordinary educational phenomena (teachers, schools, children) to be appreciated anew. The book argues that cinema is the medium best placed to draw attention to this revaluation of the everyday, and particular films are presented as offering unique insights into the aesthetic nature of education as a concept. The book will be of primary interest to educators and educationalists alike, but its interdisciplinary nature should also appeal to those in the fields of film study, philosophy, and aesthetics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Health & Social Care, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK

    Alexis Gibbs

About the author

Alexis Gibbs is Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Winchester, UK. He also leads the University’s MA programme in Philosophy of Education. His principal research interests sit at the intersection of ethics, aesthetics and language in educational thought. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Seeing Education on Film

  • Book Subtitle: A Conceptual Aesthetics

  • Authors: Alexis Gibbs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33632-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33631-8Published: 02 January 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-33634-9Published: 02 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-33632-5Published: 09 December 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 227

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Learning & Instruction, Creativity and Arts Education, Media and Communication, Film and TV Production

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