Teaching Toward the 24th Century
Star Trek as Social Curriculum
Published on 23. November 2004
265 pages
978-1-135-58088-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"It would be wrong to read this book as an analysis ofStarTrekfor teachers. it would be equally inappropriate to read it as journalistic reporting on Trekdom. It is instead a deeply serious contribution to curriculum theory. It situates this theory in a new place - a realm of the popular - in such a way that any reader will be ready to do important curriculum work in response." -- Education Review, July 13, 2001More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-58088-9 (9781135580889)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€312.60
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Book
04/2000
1st Edition
Routledge
€82.80
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Person
Anijar, Karen
Content
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
