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Author Anijar, Karen.

Title Teaching toward the 24th century : Star Trek as social curriculum / Karen Anijar.

Publication Info. New York : Falmer Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1136. Pedagogy and popular culture ; v. 5
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1136.
Garland reference library of social science. Pedagogy and popular culture ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Ponderosa and the Enterprise; TEACHING TOWARD THE 24TH CENTURY; CHAPTER 1 Gnosticism Is the Final Frontier; 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; CHAPTER 5 Resistance Is Futile; 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; Afterword; Bibliography; Permissions Acknowledgments; Index.
Summary Trekkie popular culture sees Star Trek as a unifying myth. Dr. Anijar explores this phenomena in light of the influences of television in children's lives, and the effects of utopian interpretations of Star Trek on teaching practice.
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Subject Star trek (Television program)
Star trek (Television program)
Star trek.
Star trek (Television program)
Critical pedagogy -- United States.
Critical pedagogy.
United States.
Curriculum change -- United States.
Curriculum change.
Postmodernism and education -- United States.
Postmodernism and education.
Popular culture -- United States.
Popular culture.
Indexed Term Humaniora Pædagogik.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Teaching toward the twenty-fourth century
Other Form: Print version: Anijar, Karen. Teaching toward the 24th century. New York : Falmer Press, 2000 (DLC) 00028780
ISBN 0203011309
9780203011300
081532524X (alkaline paper)
9780815325246 (alkaline paper)
0815325231 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780815325239 (paperback ; alkaline paper)