Bad Teacher | Teacher Features: Episode 12
Regrettably, this week we watched the movie Bad Teacher starring Cameron Diaz. This movie was terrible. We both hated it. Even Jason Segel could not e...
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Teacher Features is the podcast that explores what Hollywood gets right and wrong about education. In each episode we watch a movie that features a teacher. We then discuss what the teacher does well, what they do poorly, and what they could do to improve their teaching. Teacher Features is hosted by Kathryn Oberg and Jake Scott, two elementary school teachers in Minnesota.
October Sky | Teacher Features: Episode 11
October Sky is the story of a rocket-loving boy named Homer and the teacher who inspired him. The teacher is Ms. Riley, played by Laura Dern. We watch...
Matilda (part 2) | Teacher Features: Episode 10
This week we continued our discussion of Matilda and did a teacher evaluation of Agatha Trunchbull, aka The Trunchbull, the principal at Matilda’s sch...
Matilda | Teacher Features: Episode 9
For this episode we evaluated Ms. Honey, the loving primary school teacher from Matilda. Directed by Danny Devito, this adaptation of Roald Dahl’s cla...
A Christmas Story | Teacher Features: Episode 8
In this special holiday episode we evaluate Ms. Shields from A Christmas Story. Shields is definitely old school – this movie takes place in the 30’s ...
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Teacher Features: Episode 7
In this episode we watched Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and did an evaluation of Yoda’s teaching. Yoda isn’t a typical teacher like we’ve seen i...
Dead Poets Society | Teacher Features Podcast: Episode 6
In this episode we discuss Dead Poets Society, the classic teacher movie starring Robin Williams as Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating is back at his alma mater...
Mean Girls | Teacher Features: Episode 5
For this episode we watched Mean Girls and evaluated Tina Fey’s character, Ms. Norbury. Ms. Norbury is not the main character in the movie, so we had ...
Mona Lisa Smile | Teacher Features: Episode 4
For this episode we watched Mona Lisa Smile (2003) to evaluate Julia Roberts’ character, Katherine Watson. Ms. Watson is an art history professor at a...
School of Rock | Teacher Features: Episode 3
In this episode we evaluate Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn (aka Ned Schneebly) the movie School of Rock (2003) . In the film, Dewey Finn (Jack Blac...