Screen Education #87

Screen Education is a quarterly magazine for media teachers, and for primary and secondary teachers interested in harnessing the power of visual media to stimulate learning. It is essential reading for those with an interest in media literacy, offering a unique and engaging perspective on screen education, and is an invaluable resource for upper secondary students and university students studying film.

Each issue provides the reader with practical classroom ideas, lesson plans and activities along with essays, study guides, updates on new technology, and research into media pedagogy. The magazine also analyses and offers ways to navigate the ever-changing new media landscape and the benefits (e.g. interactive learning tools) and potential issues (e.g. cyberbullying and pornography) that come with it. Screen Education publishes articles by educators, scholars and critics, and is partially refereed.

ISSUE 87 (2017) CONTENTS

New & Notable
Inside out: Grown-up Discussions for Little Ones – Louise Lavery
Out From the Fringes: Teen Tropes and Female Perspective in The Edge of Seventeen – Suzie Gibson

Talking Society
Horror, History, Healing: The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence and the Indonesian Genocide – Anthony Carew

Screens in the Classroom
Cinema Science: The Fast and the Furious and the Mechanics of Dangerous Driving – David Crewe
Converting the Classics: Adaptation and The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe  – Tracy Morris
Ancient Texts, New Visions: Teaching Mythology Through Film – Jason D Dehart
Head Games: A Concussion Study Guide – Luke Rodesiler
Interactive Literacy: Studying Videogames in the Classroom  Mark Clutton
Rabbit-Proof Fence: Exploring the Complexities and Horror of the Stolen Generations – Garry Westmoore

Obituary
Tribute to Barrie McMahon – Julie Keane

Filmmaker Profile
Alfred Hitchcock – Ken Mogg

Tech’d Out
Sync or Swim: Office Mix – Kevin Lavery
Virtual Toolkit – Jane Shields

Film as Text
Taking on Tradition: Coming of Age and Conformity in Dead Poets Society – Zoë Wallin
Ahistorical Visions: Race and the Influence of the Hollywood Epic in Baz Luhrmann's Australia – Ella Donald
'Vampires Don't do Dishes': Mockumentary, the Undead and What we Do in the Shadows – Sarah Ward