Teaching Toward the 24th Century

Star Trek as Social Curriculum
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8153-2524-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 532 g

Reihe: Pedagogy and Popular Culture

Trekkie popular culture sees Star Trek as a unifying myth. Dr Anijar explores this phenomenon in light of the influences of television in children's lives, and the effects of utopian interpretations of Star Trek on teaching practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anijar, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Lernen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor’s Foreword: The Ponderosa and the Enterprise: Go Up, Young Man, to the Final Frontier CHAPTER 1 Gnosticism Is the Final Frontier: When the Red, Red Trekker Went Hale-Bopp, Bopping Along….CHAPTER 2 The Way, the Truth, and the Light CHAPTER 3 Intermezzo for NASA, Star Fleet, the Armed Services, and Giant Corporations in B Sharp CHAPTER 4 Klingon as Curriculum: Militias, Minstrel Shows, and Other Language Games CHAPTER 5 Resistance Is Futile: You Will Be Assimilated into the Predatory Jungle CHAPTER 6 On Top of Old Mount Olympus, All Covered with Trek; or Mama, Don’t Let Your Trekker Grow Up to Be a Fascist

Über Autor(innen)

Anijar, Karen