Film Choices for Screening Literacy: The "Pygmalion Template" in the Curriculum as Contact Zone

Ive Verdoodt; Kris Rutten; Ronald Soetaert; Andre Mottart

Journal of Curriculum Studies Vol. 42, No. 4 (2010) pp. 519–538

This study discusses the representation of (the) literacy (myth) in popular movies and a teaching and research project on cinematic literacy narratives. It attempts to reveal the existence of a powerful 'Pygmalion template' in contemporary movie...