dead poet’s society
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Dead poet’s society. Background. Time: Late 1980s School: Welton Academy Prep School in America ( A traditional yet prestigious high school) Motto of the school: “ Tradition, Honour , Discipline and Excellence.”. Men in the film. Mr. Keating Revolutionary; “Carpe Diem” Neil Perry - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
DEAD POET’S SOCIETY
Background• Time:
Late 1980s
• School: Welton Academy Prep School in America(A traditional yet prestigious high school)
• Motto of the school: “Tradition, Honour, Discipline and Excellence.”
Men in the film• Mr. Keating
Revolutionary; “Carpe Diem”• Neil Perry
Under parental pressure; Gifted actor• Mr. Perry
Conventional Father• Charlie Dalton
A young boy who really wants girls
Though very odd, there is VERY few female in the film
Summary…
Of the film• Mr. Keating = student in Welton before
Promote an idea of new learning method
Let students “sense” the arts
Experience
Challenge the Canon
He “fails” to overthrow the rules…but changes students’ mind
Games
Rules
• Discuss in 2 minutes
• Decide which related philosophical positions
• Present in 1 minute
Clip 1
ALL OF YOU ARE RIGHT!Idealism
What oneself thinks = the most important
View the matters again from different angles
These are ideals.
ALL OF YOU ARE RIGHT!Realism
Use eyes to view surrounding
interested in use different perspectives
Make up a plot in class
learning Shakespeare’s work ≠ boring
ALL OF YOU ARE RIGHT!Pragmatism
Step 1: being in a problematic situation
Step 2: define the problem
Step 3: investigate and research it
Step 4: think about solutions and effects brought
Step 5: test by acting the solutions out
ALL OF YOU ARE RIGHT!Post-modernism
• A new way of teaching – breaking the traditional passive learning mode
Examples:• Telling students’ serious answers are wrong; • Standing on the table
Clip 2
Idealism• Idea: Equality in gender
• Ideal: School policy changes
• Charlie’s action: fling against the school principle
• Reality: No change + Headmaster presses Keating
Failure is the mother of success
• Ideas and ideals = good in nature
• Method also counts
• “We should protest wisely, not doing things stupid.”
What is it?
• Challenging the existing political system(i.e. school policy)
• Promote new virtue
• Think & act in a way different from the past
Clip 3
Idealism•Two ideas (Conflicting)
•Neil = dedicated to acting
•Father = son’s study is the most important
What will happen when two ideas CRUSH?
Postmodernism
•Neil disagrees with his father.
•Pursuit of dream VS high expectation
Connection to Hong Kong’s Classroom
Clips and real world• Standing on table
= NOT likely
• Confronting school policy= maybe at university level, but less in secondary and none in primary
• Father-son argument= everyday business
Hong Kong vs. America?• Literature < Business
As if arts is “impractical”
• Lots of teachers = BureaucratsAfraid of change, thus increasing workload
• A number of students love iPhone more than knowledgeMotivation drops
Conclusion• Inspiring
•We can interpret each situation with different philosophies.
• As prospective teachers, so long as we develop , deliver and insist on our teaching mottos, we will triumph and earn students’ respects, regardless of any possible failure.
Just like what Keating did!!
Carpe Diem