Representations and Pedagogy in Film, Television, and New Media

Multi-disciplinary Conference 2010
Vassar College, April 8-10

**PROPOSALS DUE DECEMBER 1ST AT 11:59PM**

This year, the third annual Teachers, Teaching and the Movies (TTM III) conference will be held in Poughkeepsie, New York at Vassar College.  The keynote speaker for this conference will be Dr. Pedro Noguera, distinguished professor of Education at New York University.  The title of his keynote address is:

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How student perspectives on media, race & society can be used to enhance teaching & learning

 

This multi-disciplinary conference focuses on four burgeoning areas on the fields of education, sociology, media studies and communication.

1. Representations of schools and schooling in old and new media
2. Use of media as pedagogical tools
3. Use of media by youth to transform their worlds
4. The teaching of critical media literacy
5. Keynote Sessions: A special session of papers focused on media and urban education will be organized in line with the invited keynote speaker, Dr. Noguera. 
   

The previous conference, TTM II, was held at St. Mary's College.   The keynote address was presented by Professor Michael Kimmel.