| Summary: | Teachers TV has joined forces with Film Club to conduct the biggest survey ever undertaken of feature films set in schools. Thousands of teachers voted. Mark Eccleston presents a countdown of the top ten Great School Movies with clips from the films and comments from teachers, actors, film directors and leading academics. Mark says, This fascinating list reveals a great deal about the way teachers think of their profession and the way they d like to be seen. They seem to favour inspirational, sometimes overtly sentimental, accounts of school life, and have huge admiration for those on-screen teachers who dramatically change lives. Germaine Greer, who appears in the programme, believes there's a danger in movies stereotyping heroic charismatic teachers. She believes teachers don't have to be superhuman, they have to be good enough - like parents. Film Club's Beeban Kidron says of the results, These films entertain you but also challenge your perception of the world.
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