Film choices for screening literacy: The 'Pygmalion template' in the curriculum as contact zone

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-538

  Verdoodt, Ive ^a   Rutten, Kris ^a   Soetaert, Ronald ^a   Mottart, André ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact zone; Literacy (myth); Narrative; Teacher education; Visual literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954652622     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220270903206442     Document Type: Article

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