013146 Using Film for Critical Pedagogy
6cpPostgraduate
Subject coordinator: Tony Brown
This subject is aimed at those who are interested in the potential for films to rouse an audience to ask questions and find answers to pressing social issues in the world around us.
If part of your paid or voluntary work requires to you plan strategies that question the status quo, or bring about organisational and social change then this subject is for you.
Over the semester a variety of short films, excerpts from feature films and advertisements are screened. They are films that pose questions, show the world from different perspectives, and seek to facilitate change; be it social, organisational or personal. These are films with ambitious intentions. They seek to rouse, inspire, agitate, and educate on 'big' issues such as work, war, poverty, exploitation, environmental destruction and ill-health. In other words films aimed at encouraging viewers to think and act. Are there films that are better at this than others? Drawing on theories of learning and change, the subject facilitates discussion and critique.
Fee information
2009 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $520.25
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.
2009 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,000.00
Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.
Subject EFTSL: 0.125Access conditions
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