Abstract
Popular movies present fictional portrayals and Hollywood fantasies. Since such films serve as a lens through which our values are reflected and our perceptions shaped, this article examines cinematic portrayals of music teaching and music education. Specifically, this article identifies popular films that depict music teachers, examines and analyses the collective images of music teachers and music education as reflected in these popular commercial films, and reports on the use of these films in music teacher education.
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