Comparative Sociological Analysis of the Conventional and Contemporary Educational Approach In the Movie Three Idiots

Abstract

Three Idiots: is a 2009 Indian feature film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starring famous names such as Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor. This study was conducted to determine the prevalent educational representations in the movie Three Idiots and the educational approaches that could be employed in the analysis of these representations. In the study, on the one hand, the educational dimensions of the film are emphasized, on the other hand, educational understandings are tried to be analyzed comparatively on the basis of characters. The study aimed to demonstrate how the criticism of the conventional educational approach was interspersed throughout the movie and determine the foundations of the contemporary education philosophy based on the movie characters and their lines. The study is considered significant since it aimed to analyze a movie from an educational perspective, focused on educational approaches as well as educational representations, analyzed these approaches with the comparative method, and finally included social science techniques such as discourse and indicator analysis within the context of socio-educational discipline. The study was designed with the "framing analysis" model, a qualitative research method, discourse and indicator analyses were preferred as the data analysis technique. The study concluded that the traditional education was system-oriented and ignored the individual, while the contemporary understanding of education puts the learner in the center and emphasizes individual differences, criticism and creativity.