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The Chorus Les Choristes

The Chorus Les Choristes. Dina Au, Cedric Cheng, Johnson Chu, Doris Chung, Edmond Kar , Ken Lau, Charisse Mok , Ahmood Tsang. Plot Summary. Background. Struck!. France. The School: Bottom of the Pond Fond de L’Etang. Aged ~8 - 16. Students. Protagonist Single-parent

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The Chorus Les Choristes

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  1. The ChorusLes Choristes Dina Au, Cedric Cheng, Johnson Chu, Doris Chung, Edmond Kar, Ken Lau, CharisseMok, Ahmood Tsang

  2. Plot Summary

  3. Background Struck! France

  4. The School: Bottom of the PondFond de L’Etang Aged ~8 - 16

  5. Students • Protagonist • Single-parent • Angel face; Devil mind Parents died in WWII

  6. Students

  7. Teachers & Staff • Protagonist • Music teacher

  8. Teachers & Staff

  9. Principal Rachin • Principal @ Fond de L’Etang • “Action – Reaction” • A real educator?

  10. Activity 1 Ahmood Principal  Rachin Doris  Miss Teacher Nice  Mathieu Johnson  Mr Teacher Bad Cop  Chabert writes something bad about the headmaster Rachin on the white board When Rachin comes into the classroom….

  11. Activity 1 How do you feel when Rachin asks Mathieu to pick someone as scapegoat and punish the whole class?

  12. Activity 1 (video)

  13. Activity 1 Discuss with your groupmates, what philosophical perspectives are observed? Hints :try to think of some Chinese philosophical perspectives 

  14. Rachin – A Legalist? • Legalism • 法家 Han FeiZi韓非子

  15. Legalism Rachin & Legalism

  16. Legalism in the movie • Rachin

  17. Principal Rachin’s Educational Philosophy?

  18. Rachin’s Educational Philosophy? Selfish

  19. Rachin’s Educational Philosophy?

  20. ~ARealist

  21. ~ A Realist

  22. Mondain: A victim of Realistic Principal

  23. MrClément Mathieu • Employed as school teacher • Was a composer, but didn’t went very successful • Inventory teacher? • A teacher of love?

  24. Activity 2

  25. Activity 2 Uncle Maxencewas seriously hurt by Le Querrec If you were Mathieu, what would you do? Would you punish Le Querrec and take him to the principal?

  26. Activity 2 : Any alternative way?

  27. Activity 2 Discuss with your groupmates, what philosophical perspective is evident? Hints : try to think from the Chinese philosophical perspective 

  28. Mathieu • great believer of student's potential • promote personal expression • thrive hard to arrange environment that encourages them to find areas of interest • Example: • setting up of a choir → stimulates children to use their potentiality

  29. Idealists Idealists’Perspective: believes developing perspective only be attained in : a deliberate, slow, gradual, maturing process. → simply use humanistic, warm, sensitive approach as a wake-up call to their inner heart.

  30. Pragmatist Both Dewey & Mathieu believe : → music, voices as a tool can transcend minds. the role of a teacher (Dewey) : → to orient learners toward experiences that lead to growth → to provide continuity to those experiences.

  31. Postmodernist raise the kids that is underrepresented, marginalized. this school seemed to be the last resort for 'hopeless kids'. And unlike his principal, he treated them with heart. e.g. orphaned boys, or boys whose parents don't have means to support them (financially and/or socially)

  32. Why not Realist ? X basic skills X scientific X prepare for world of work X Realist usually feel conforming to the school order / administration would be wise.

  33. Confucianism • What is Confucianism in educational perspectives? • Believes people are teachable, • improvable and perfectible • through personal and communal • endeavor. • Emphasizes self-cultivation, • emulation of moral exemplars, • and the attainment of skilled • judgement rather than • knowledge of rules.

  34. Confucianism What is Confucianism in educational perspectives? Requires a teacher be one who has developed their own character. Does not use structured classes but encourages the strengths of students and improves their weaknesses.

  35. Confucianism and Mathieu

  36. Confucianismand Mathieu

  37. Mencius and Mathieu

  38. Music (choir) in the eyes of Rachin

  39. Music (choir) in the eyes of Mathieu “Music has helped with discipline”

  40. Music in Confucianism : a device for self-cultivation a vehicle of self-expression a force of social stability a political tool a medium of communion between man, nature and supernatural powers

  41. Music in Confucianism :

  42. Music in Confucianism :

  43. Music in Confucianism : the essence of music is humaneness A man who is not virtuous cannot claim to be a musician nor have anything to do with music

  44. Conclusion 唐。韓愈《師說》 HAN Yu, Tang Dynasty, “What is a Teacher?”

  45. Reflection

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