the history boys: education is?
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The History Boys: Education is?. EDUC1080 Group PresentationGroup 1. Content. Objectives. To analyse the educational philosophies in the film To relate to nowadays HK society To rethink the aim of education. Plot summary. (Play)Trailer of History Boys. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The History Boys:Education is?
EDUC1080 Group Presentation Group 1
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Content
Part 1 Objectives
Part 2 Plot summary
Part 3 General discussion
Part 4 Characters analysis
Part 5 Messages from the film
Part 6 Situation in Hong Kong?
Part 7 Conclusion
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Objectives• To analyse the educational philosophies in the
film• To relate to nowadays HK society• To rethink the aim of education
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Plot summary
• (Play)Trailer of History Boys
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“The History Boys” is about a boys’ school in the north of
England in 1980s. Students are returning to class to prepare for
winter entrance examinations to universities.
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The boys are passing their A-Levels exam with brilliant results and
their sights are set on the prestigious institutions which are Oxford
and Cambridge.
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Hector sets to prepare the boys with the General Studies course.
The headmaster hires Irwin to give some extra polish to the boys and
teach them how to succeed on the entrance examination.
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Irwin focuses the boy entirely on the exam and teach them
techniques which allow them to stand out of the crowd in the
exam. While, Hector’s lessons are in preparation for life.
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Hector is caught fondling one of the boys. The headmaster agrees to
allow Hector to finish the term unless he promises to leave silently
and shares some of his class time with Irwin.
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The boys take their entrance examinations for Oxford and Cambridge and all of them are granted admission. Hector gives Irwin a lift and the car accident kills Hector.
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The boys have their own accomplishments in life. Hector leaves us with a plea “Pass it on, boys…Pass it on.” and the play ends.
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General Discussion
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Who are the history boys?
• (Play)Beginning of History Boys
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Who are they?
• Boys from Sheffield (a not very rich place)• 8 Elites of the school• Aimed (by Principal) to enter Oxbridge
Extra term for preparationMeaning?
• Are they specially taught for promoting to higher education and elite roles?Yes
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What gets taught?
• History knowledge (subject matter)• General studies• Exam and interview strategies– Impress Oxbridge interviewers
Things taught are for:• Preparing them to be the dominant people in
society
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Character analysis
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Profile – The principal & P.E Teacher
• Principal of the Boy’s Grammar School In Sheffield
• Acid to the students and teachers
• Conservative
• The P.E teacher , Wilkes• Little bit racist• Religious• Strict to students
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Their role in education
The Principal
• Business-minded– It’s a business!
• Believed only outcome– Utilitarianism
P.E. Teacher
• One who imposes– requires all the
students to have P.E lesson (no matter they get a doctor’s note)
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The Principal – his perspective?
• Principal asking the boys summer jobs
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P.E. Teacher – his perspective?
• (Play)Boys having P.E. Lesson
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Their aim of education
PrincipalA To gain reputation for the
school
B To help students to acquire knowledge
C To help student reach for perfection and be a talent in the society
P.E. TeacherA To let the students become
good athletes
B To develop each individual's abilities in order to better serve higher power
C To fulfill his duty
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Philosophical perspectives
Pragmatism• Principal : – Hire Mr. Irwin as provisional teacher – Demand the students have extra elite class– Ask Hector to put the date of retirement forward– Keep asking of the students progress , unlike the
teaching method of Hector– Resentment on student’s part-time job
* All these are for pushing students to get into great universities-> have fame
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Philosophical perspective
PE TeacherIdealism• Human growth is a process of spiritual
unfolding of innate power• Goal: to seek higher ideals
• Failure of the fat students disappointment of himself as well as god
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What is Mrs. Lintott’s belief? Raise an example from this clip
• (Play)Boys having Lintott’s History Class
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Profile – Mrs. Lintott
• The only female teacher• Motherly caring– For their knowledge– For their future
• Knowledgeable &• Respectful– Of her students’
background
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Her role in education
• To impose knowledge– Students will be able to
master history when they recite it
• Know all facts– Even backwards
“Fact,fact,fact.”
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Her aim of education
• What do you think about Mrs. Lintott?– Only subject matter?– Or also future path?
• She is a teacher cares:– Academic success– Career future– How the students feel
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What is her philosophical perspective?
Realism• Emphasises on the subject matter of the world• Content based– With criteria
• Mastery of facts through recitation• Character developed – through training in the rules of conduct
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Irwin – What is his focus?
• Boys and Irwin discussing The First World War
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Profile – Irwin
• Hired for exam
• Well-educated (?)
• Non-conservative
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His role in education
• For exam– Equip students with skills
to take the exam
• Facilitator– Seldom teaches
knowledge. Instead urges students to think
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His aim of education
• What do you think about Irwin?– Is knowledge important?– Or just the exam?
• He cares:– Essay skills– Exam results
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What is his philosophical perspective?
Pragmatic• Emphasises essay skills
• Skills based
• Exam-oriented
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Hector – What and how does he teach?
• (Play)Hector having Poetry discussion with Boys
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Profile – Hector
• Knowledgeable
• Poetry-loving
• Non-conservative
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His role in education
• Life teacher– Teach poems of
immense value
• Facilitator– Utilises different
methods to facilitate students’ learning
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His aim of education
• What do you think about Hector?– Is exam his focus?–What does he teach?
• He cares:–Knowledge for life– Students’ feelings
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What is his philosophical perspective?
Idealist• Attempts to teach many great poems
• Hopes students to learn for life- “All knowledge is precious, whether or not it
serves the slightest human use."
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What is his philosophical perspective?
Post-modernist• Non-conservative teaching methods
- e.g. roleplay
• Facilitator
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Irwin vs HectorHomosexual• open vs hidden
• Consequences faced
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Irwin vs HectorFate• Hector (idealism) dead vs• Irwin (Pragmaticsm) alive
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Messages from the film?
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In Hector’s classroom
• Good use of teaching strategy: role playing
• Encourage students
• Creativity↑
• Learning via playing a part vicarious feeling
with the poet
• Students’ comments : enrich their lives
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In Irwin’s classroom
• Exam oriented
• Deny the use of role playing to learn
• Facts and description as the exam strategy in
History examination
• Student’ comments: useful (as the A-level is
coming)
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HectorPostmodernism• Learn from past
intellectuals• Human
constructions based on experience
• Question the rules
IrwinPragmatism• Knowledge is not
certain• Truth is not
important• Cater for exam– Their answers’ styles
Philosophical beliefs
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Hector• Drama, Poetry, French• NOT related to exam
syllabus• Learn knowledge for life
Irwin• Essays discussion• Open-ended• Nothing is absolutely
correct• Encourage students to
think reversely– for impressing the
interviewer
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Is Irwin a better teacher?
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Irwin VS Hector
• From the treatment of the teachers,
– e.g. the conflicts between teachers' philosophies,
the ending of some dominant teachers
• The film’s sending a message:
– Whether learning is for life or passing exams?
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Irwin VS Hector
• Hector understand life better humanism• Irwin serve the interest of examiner
• Society: exam-oriented Irwin is preferred
Discussion: Which one do you PREFFER?
Which philosophy should be adopted in education field?
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Furthermore
• An extra semester training Oxford/
Cambridge
• Principal: exam brings success—reputation,
better occupation, etc
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Discussion
• Oxford/Cambridge = success?
• Different interests Dry cleaner, teacher, builder…..
• What is success/happiness?
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Meritocratic society?
• Boys attended an interview• Meritocracy: – students are selected according to their
performance in interviews• Rudge:– has a place due to a family connection
• Merit-base?• Connection-base?• Implication?
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Implication• Academic excellence is not the only path for
people to be successful• Connection matters • Only one way to be success?
Prestigious career?• All of them succeed – in gaining a place in Ox/bridge
• entering a variety of careers
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• As a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, does it mean that your future career must be some very prestigious jobs?– (deemed prestigious by your society)
Student Job
Akthar headmaster
Crowther magistrate
Timms owner of a dry cleaning chain
Dakin tax lawyer
Lockwood entered the army, died at the age of 28
Rudge builder
Scripps journalist
Posner teacher
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Sexual Orientation
• Frequently mentioned: Homosexuality• Homosexual: – Hector, Irwin, 2 of the teachers– Dakin, Posner, 2 of the students
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Discussion
• Do you think there is any message behind the fact that ‘Hector and Irwin, two of the teachers, are homosexual’ in the movie?
• Think about: Accept/ Reject?• Only the teenagers being homosexual:
teenage phrase• But teachers as well something else?
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Discussion
• How students see homosexual teachers?– Got used to them
• How the principal sees homosexual teachers?– NO WAY!
• How Hector and Irwin end up in the movie?– Hector died– Irwin lost his memory
• Implications?
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Look back at our education system
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Relating to HK situation
1. Do the students in The History Boys share anything common with us?
2. What are the possible problems for students just to memorize all the facts for exam?
3. In Hong Kong, any subject(s) does not merely require students to memorize facts for exam?
4. Should we change anything? Question it?
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Conclusion
Learn for life or
Learn how to pass a test?
Hector The headmaster and Irwin
- To equip and guide the boys for life
Example: He uses various forms of arts to back up his points and notes.
- How to pass the entrance examination
Example: Not to follow the historical facts but to polish the answer to fit for the examination.
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Conclusion – message in film
Learn for life Encourage students to think out of the box. Turn the short term memory to be life-long.
Learn how to pass the test Get the chance to receive tertiary education A way to obtain upward mobility
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What truly is most practical in our own educational system?
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Conclusion – our opinion
• Strike a balance between learn for life and learn how to pass the examination.
• There is not definite right and wrong approach of educational philosophy.
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Deepen the well of the students
Prepare the students for exams