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1. In bullet form, summarize the important scenes in the movie. You may
add screenshot if you want to.
When Ishaan got upset because Ishaan on the boarding school has been
he learned that his father tells a lie of leaving called so many names such as LAZY and
home because of his troubles while the truth is IDIOT. without teachers even realizing
his father will go out of town for work! what was the real situation of the child, it
made Ishaan more upset and depress

When the teacher forced Ishaan to read the When the new teacher came and
sentence in the book even though the later said investigating Ishaan's behavior and
that he cannot read because it seems like the attitude towards learning, he learned that
letter is dancing, the teacher did not listen to him he has a problem that needs to be address

Ishaan is begging his mom not to let his dad

when the teachers goes beyond his job ,
send him to the boarding school, he thought it
travel miles away to meet Ishaan's family
was a punishment for the troubled he had
and made Ishaan's father realize the real reason
make!
behind Ishaan's situation and case
1. In bullet form, summarize the important scenes in the movie. You may
add screenshot if you want to.
Ishaan got so emotional upon seeing his
When Ishaan somehow got motivated teacher's paint, a portrait of him!
again and let his creative ability works
once more because of his new teacher

The teacher spent time to teach Ishaan and

Ishaan once again found a reason to smile, to
somehow make Ishaan learned the correct way
laugh and to become inspired again ,
of reading, mathematics and local languages, it
because he knows that his teacher believes
serves as Ishaan's therapy with his dislecsia
in his abilities.

Ishaan is finally got motivated again and tried

to once again do the painting, got inspired by
Ishaan's father finally realizes his lapses,
the nature and making very beautiful painting
on how he do not want to address his son's
that captures the heart of the judges on the
needs.... good thing there is a teacher who
event!
adheres to the uniqueness of every child!
2. How are the concepts of cognitivism
exemplified in the movie?
the concept of cognitivism is being exemplified in the movie Like Stars on
Earth, when the new art teacher emerge interactive activities that spark the
thinking potential of students, facilitate child's thinking by the use of arts,
music and dancing to guides their brains to look deeper into their present
knowledge to find solutions. Asking students to demonstrate a concept, giving
them hands-on activities such as making something out of the things they can
found around them, and interactive discussions are some ways that enforce
cognitive learning inside the classrooms.
 3. what are the social issues in education that were
shown in the movie? Not paying attention to the
Battle Insufficient Support
differences of students
School administrators often don’t
understand the problems in special sometimes, with the number of
education and fail to support teachers students in a classroom, the
by attending individual education plan teacher forgets to remember their
meetings, backing them up in parent- differences, in terms of wisdom,
teacher meetings and assisting with even the strengths and weaknesses
student interventions.
of the students
Encourage Parent Acceptance Lack of immediate assessment of
and Involvement students
Teachers find it difficult to
parents do not always take an confess to parents if they notice
something different in children
interest in the schooling of because of the concern that the
special needs children, either children's parents may not accept
it immediately, the only thing
because they refuse to believe that may be needed is a more
there is a problem or simply accurate assessment that can be
don’t want to be bothered. provided by a licensed physician
Forced learning that kills student’s
spirit and zest of learning
Education focuses mainly on theory,
rather than practical work. So this
affects the children who have less
learning skill, who suffers from
mental problem such as, dyslexia and
who simply just lack interest in the
subject.
Myth on being successful
Due to high competition level, most
have a myth that life is a race and it
can only be won by achieving excellent
marks. There is no promising future for
average or weak student. In the field
of education, every parent’s think that
successful future and high income is
only available through the profession
of doctors and engineers.

 The film seems to expand a new aspect of

teaching children It is better for us to find out
the strength and weakness of children , then
create various activities to encourage them to
develop it

4. Why do you Each child has their own talent, so we should

try to discover their strength and weakness
think this movie order to help them recognize their real ability.

shall be watched
by pre-or-in service Pre-or-in service teachers could make the film like stars
on earth as a motivation in addressing learners issues
and attitude towards learning, they can manifest to

teachers? look deeper into the learners problem rather than

focusing on the things that they cannot do.

Teachers upon watching this film could realize that
teaching is not just a proffesion, you're not only
teaching to earn, in this film, teachers could realize
how noble their profession is... touching lives of the
students, making learning meaningfull and the
important message of the movie... is that one must
teach, with a HEART!