The Progressive School Vol 02 Issue 04
The Progressive School is a quarterly magazine for school owners, leaders and principals. It will continue to address vital issues that impact the emerging challenges in the design, administration and growth of schools in all its dimension.
The Progressive School is a quarterly magazine for school owners, leaders and principals. It will continue to address vital issues that impact the emerging challenges in the design, administration and growth of schools in all its dimension.
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LEARNING THROUGH CINEMA<br />
WHO WANTS TO BE A<br />
SUPERHERO? I DO…<br />
Shakti Jhala<br />
Senior Strategist and Training Coordinator at Schoogle (A TGES initiative), Mumbai<br />
Teens and adults alike, love to imitate their favourite superhero, aspire to be like them, dream about<br />
meeting them and follow them on social media. <strong>The</strong> Superhero movies have united the world in ways<br />
most things have not. So, what impact do Superhero movies have on our children and how can these<br />
movies be used to promote positive values and ideas<br />
When Iron Man and Chota<br />
Bheem start becoming regulars<br />
at birthday parties replacing<br />
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, we<br />
know that the world has changed.<br />
It is not that the Superhero genre is<br />
something new. Christopher Reeve was<br />
flying the friendly skies as Superman<br />
since 1978. In India we, too, had our own<br />
Superman in Puneet Issar (Duryodhana<br />
from B.R.Chopra’s Mahabharat), the<br />
little known 3D movie Shiva ka Insaaf<br />
(1985) and the more recent Krrish 2<br />
(2006) and Krrish 3 (2013). <strong>The</strong> point<br />
being, superheroes have been around, in<br />
mythology, pop-culture and very much on<br />
our TV screens. So what’s changed that<br />
suddenly children, teens and adults are<br />
drawn to the theatres to see these movies<br />
making them billion dollar block-busters?<br />
And why parents taking their children to<br />
watch these violent and action-packed<br />
movies with innuendos and jokes not<br />
shared in our drawing rooms in front of<br />
the children?<br />
Well the answer is simple enough, the<br />
children want to be like them. <strong>The</strong>y wear<br />
their T-shirts, flaunt watches, and carry<br />
bagpacks or any other accessory that<br />
they can get their hands on. Teens and<br />
adults alike, love to imitate their favourite<br />
superhero, aspire to be like them, dream<br />
Shakti Jhala is Senior Strategist<br />
and Training Coordinator at Schoogle<br />
(A TGES initiative). He has also worked<br />
with CurrEQlum as Head – Training and<br />
Delivery – Life Skills (K-12) Curriculum<br />
and Training and Curriculum Developer<br />
at Kangaroo Kids Education Ltd. He<br />
has also worked with Podar Educatiion<br />
Network Creative as Curriculum<br />
Developer and PPMS India Insurance.<br />
34 THE PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL JUL-AUG-SEP 2018<br />
www.progressiveschool.in
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