Every week your hosts Sean and Shain, two teacher friends from Birmingham, discuss a film or other form of popular culture, focusing on the themes of teaching and education.
Film Class
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Every week your hosts Sean and Shain, two teacher friends from Birmingham, discuss a film or other form of popular culture, focusing on the themes of teaching and education.
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8/19/2020
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Recent Episodes
March 24, 2022
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Trojan Horse Affair
<p>This week Shain is joined by her sisters Sara and Anisa to discuss the Trojan Horse Affair, in light of the recent Serial podcast series (presented by Brian Reed fellow Brummie Hamza Syed). As three proud Muslim Brummies, Shain and her sisters have been directly affected by the scandal; here they recount their experiences both inside and outside education. </p> <p>Listen to learn about the complexities of the hijab, the damage done by Prevent, the nonsensical implementation of British Values in schools, and the fact that (sadly) everyone has worked with a Sue Packer. </p> <p>Sara is a senior science technician in a secondary school and Anisa is a specialist pharmacist in a hospital. </p>
October 28, 2021
Coach Carter (2005): When Basketball Meets Respectability Politics
<p>Our first big 'hero coach' film, this time starring Samuel L Jackson as real life high school basketball coach Terence Carter. Carter earns our admiration fo guiding wayward students towards a brighter future through his relentlessly high expectations, but also troubled us with his implication that these young men must always police their language and behaviour to really be accepted. </p>
October 21, 2021
Another Round (2020): Do the Danish Do It Better?
<p>This week's film, starring Mads Mikkelson, has an intriguing premise: would teaching slightly drunk improve our lessons? We discuss teaching ruts, taboos around male mental health, and consider whether education really is better in Scandinavia... </p>
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