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Ciao, Professore! & PED 3102:

A “Pre-View”

Io speriamo che me la Io speriamo che me la cavocavo

Me, Let’s Hope I Make Me, Let’s Hope I Make It!It!

Lina Wertmuller, 1992Lina Wertmuller, 1992

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Schooling & Society Themes in Ciao, Professore!

Schooling as a Moral EnterpriseSchooling as a Moral Enterprise

Gender and SexualityGender and Sexuality

Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and HistoryRace, Ethnicity, Culture, and History Poverty, Class, and WealthPoverty, Class, and Wealth

Schooling as Marketplace: Schooling as Marketplace: Education and WorkEducation and Work

Hope – Pedagogical Love, Humility,Hope – Pedagogical Love, Humility, and Commitmentand Commitment

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Some things to think about as you consider Ciao Professore!…

1. 1. What specific attributes and What specific attributes and experiences does Professore experiences does Professore Sperelli possess that distinguish Sperelli possess that distinguish him as a person and as a teacher? him as a person and as a teacher?

2. How do these attributes and 2. How do these attributes and experiences shape his classroom experiences shape his classroom work, his life within the school, work, his life within the school, and his relationships with his and his relationships with his community?community?

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And two more…

3. Does the Professore 3. Does the Professore educate Corzano, or does educate Corzano, or does Corzano educate the Corzano educate the Professore?Professore?

4. Do you think that we as 4. Do you think that we as individuals and as teachers individuals and as teachers shape our immediate shape our immediate environments or do you environments or do you think that our social, think that our social, economic, and cultural, economic, and cultural, settings shape us?settings shape us?

For more information on For more information on Ciao Ciao Professore! Professore! ((Io speriamo che me la Io speriamo che me la cavocavo)) including a list of characters and including a list of characters and a plot summary, visit the Internet a plot summary, visit the Internet Movie Data Base page:Movie Data Base page:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107225/

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