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    The document provides an analysis of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. It summarizes that the film shows the impact of an oppressive and stereotyped education system. John Keating, a literature teacher, fights against this system by encouraging students to think differently and seize the day. While other teachers rely on rote memorization, Mr. Keating uses diverse teaching methods drawn from approaches like Total Physical Response and Desuggestopedia to create an effective classroom climate that motivates students. He aims to open students' perspectives beyond the traditional education system, though he faces resistance from other teachers for challenging the old ways of teaching.

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    The document provides an analysis of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. It summarizes that the film shows the impact of an oppressive and stereotyped education system. John Keating, a literature teacher, fights against this system by encouraging students to think differently and seize the day. While other teachers rely on rote memorization, Mr. Keating uses diverse teaching methods drawn from approaches like Total Physical Response and Desuggestopedia to create an effective classroom climate that motivates students. He aims to open students' perspectives beyond the traditional education system, though he faces resistance from other teachers for challenging the old ways of teaching.

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    The document provides an analysis of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. It summarizes that the film shows the impact of an oppressive and stereotyped education system. John Keating, a literature teacher, fights against this system by encouraging students to think differently and seize the day. While other teachers rely on rote memorization, Mr. Keating uses diverse teaching methods drawn from approaches like Total Physical Response and Desuggestopedia to create an effective classroom climate that motivates students. He aims to open students' perspectives beyond the traditional education system, though he faces resistance from other teachers for challenging the old ways of teaching.

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    The key takeaways are that Mr. Keating opposes the traditional education system which focuses on memorization and instead encourages students to think critically and creatively. He motivates students to seize the day and make their lives extraordinary.

    Mr. Keating challenges the traditional education system by having students think differently about the world and addressing him casually. He emphasizes ideas over memorization and getting students to look at things from new perspectives.

    Mr. Keating employs techniques from various teaching methods like Total Physical Response and Desuggestopedia. He teaches outside of the classroom on tables and through activities like playing ball to engage students physically and emotionally.

    The Analysis of the Dead Poets Society

    Beyza Gündoğdu

    This film, was shot in 1989, shows us the impact of the education system based on

    stereotypes. John Keating, the lead actor of the film, is a successful literature teacher who

    fights for this oppressive and stereotyped education system. Mr. Keating emphasizes that we

    must move away from the disciplined education system and remove the limits. He is a teacher

    who asked the students to address him as "oh captain, my captain", defeats the traditional

    educational system and strives to ensure that the students look at the world from a different

    perspective.

    There are 7 students in Welton Academy who have different lives and at the same time,

    they are members of the dead poets’ society. Todd is a self-reliant, shy and quiet student who

    doesn't care much for his family. Neil is very successful in his classes. He is the favourite

    student of the school and also the leader of the group. But he is forced to be a student as his

    family wants because his father is very authoritarian. The others have different characteristic’

    features but their one common point is John Keating. He is a successful teacher graduated

    from Welton Academy. He tried to help them to move away from the rote-learning based

    education system and achieve success with a new comprehensible education system.

    All the teachers teach from a book and constantly impose memorization on students in the

    lesson. For example, in the Latin class, the teacher wrote "agricolae" all over the board and

    make them memorized it several times. The students are in no way communicating with the

    teacher because the teacher is authoritarian. This attitude of the teacher reminds us of a very

    traditional approach, the Grammar-Translation method. The class climate is according to the

    GTM, so students are passive. Students are given a list of words in the target language and

    they are expected to be memorized. Students are only required to memorize the lesson given
    to them. Most of the class are based on teacher-student interaction; the student-student

    interaction is limited.

    However, in Mr. Keating's first lesson, he tells his students that famous saying: "Carpe,

    carpe. Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." After the class, the

    students thought that the lesson was very strange but different. He always paid attention to the

    feelings and thoughts of the students and was interested in them. In Mr. Keating's class

    climate, he occasionally taught the lesson on the table, sometimes playing ball outside, and

    sometimes playing music. The way these course works is connected with many approaches.

    The Total Physical Response’s some significant points can be seen in Mr. Keating’s

    classroom climate. Because the teacher used the expression "step on the table" to look at the

    world from a different angle, and the students did what they said. In this method, the teacher

    instructs the students "jump to the desk" and the students enjoy the same as in this course.

    (Lardsen-Freeman, D. & Anderson, M., 2011) In addition, students' feelings are important in

    this method. If the students feel good, then they will be successful. Thus, a supportive and

    accepting learning environment is created in an effective classroom climate by reducing

    special anxiety-reducing activities and techniques, so student’s anxiety is reduced. (Dornyei,

    1994) Another important point is that students are wanted them to hit football balls quickly

    while they read poetry. The teacher gives commands to the student and the student performs

    that. As the students read their poems, the teacher opens music from the background and asks

    them to sing poems with music. This situation is associated with Desuggestopedia. The

    Desuggestopedia supports the students' singing with rhythm. Here, Mr. Keating asks students

    to read poetry by topping out a rhythm.

    All teachers, except Mr. Keating, follow the traditional education system and therefore

    teachers don’t motivate their students in any way. Mr. Keating always tries to motivate and
    create an effective classroom climate for his students. Mr. Keating was aware that the students

    were under pressure because of this education system and their families. Therefore, he was

    working in with motivation to make them feel more comfortable. For example, in his lecture,

    Mr. Keating said: "No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world."

    “This couldn't ring truer. They're wise words, like those of Mr. Keating that can change the

    world.” (Primeau, 2014) Mr. Keating motivated his students not to memorize things but to

    succeed with their own ideas and words to change the world. The other example is, Todd was

    shy and silent in the class; he said to support him: "Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't

    mean choking on the bone." Todd suddenly found himself singing poetry. The teacher's

    support and motivation worked. “Henry David Thoreau encourages people to make the most

    of life, but Keating's clarification of this quote is a reminder to not move through life too fast

    or at a reckless pace.” (Primeau, 2014) Mr. Hearting's coursework in course and authenticity

    has opened up a different perspective for the students.

    In summary, since Mr. Keating is aware of the damages that the students take from the

    traditional education system, so he opposes to the old education system and therefore he gets

    a reaction from other teachers. He has opposed the old education system many times but he

    wasn’t successful. But when he sees that students who are following the new education

    system that he created, so at the end of the film, he gives us a message that "losing is

    sometimes the greatest victory."

    References:

    Lardsen-Freeman, D. & Anderson, M. (2011), Techniques & Principles in Language

    Teaching, Oxford University Press, First published (2011), p. between 30-43, 134-148

    Dornyei, Z. (1994), the Model Language Journal, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 273-284
    Retrieved from

    http://seas3.elte.hu/coursematerial/RyanChristopher/Dornyei(1994)_Foreign_Language_Class

    room.pdf

    Primeau, J. (2014), 11 Robin Williams’ ‘Dead Poets Society’ Quotes that will inspire you to

    “Carpe Diem" Retrieved from https://www.bustle.com/articles/35405-11-robin-williams-

    dead-poets-society-quotes-that-will-inspire-you-to-carpe-diem

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