Pedagogy of Pop

Theoretical and Practical Strategies for Success
Herausgeber: Janak, Edward; Blum, Denise F.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a tool for educators at all levels to embrace infusing popular culture into their teaching in ways that both embrace and resist contemporary thinking. Its chapters provide a range of theoretical and practical suggestions—some widely accepted, some somewhat controversial—to elicit discussion and spark creativity amongst all students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780739176009
• ISBN-10: 0739176005
• Artikelnr.: 36597558

Autorenporträt

Edward A. Janak is associate professor of educational studies at the University of Wyoming. Denise Blum is assistant professor in social foundations at Oklahoma State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Past as Prologue
Chapter One - Can We Win the Future by Living in the Past? An Exploration
of Nostalgia in Education, Jennifer Edelman and Edward Janak
Chapter Two - Professional Paradox: Teachers in Film and Television, Sheila
Delony and Mikee Delony
Part One: Theoretical Analyses of Pop Culture
Chapter Three - Making a Modern Man: Disney's Literacy and Health Education
Campaigns in latin and South America during WWII, Julie Prieto
Chapter Four - Uncovering Images of Teaching: Towards a Teacher-Activist
Ideal, Sylvia Mac and Denise Blum
Chapter Five - "The Words We Write for Ourselves:" Confronting the Myths of
Race, Education, and American Genius in Finding Forrester, Joanna
Davis-McElligatt and Forrest Roth
Chapter Six - "If You Should Die Before You Wake..." Bart Simpson and the
Genesis of Rebellion, Brian N. Duchaney
Chapter Seven - From Desperate Housewives to The Real Housewives of New
Jersey to Simply House: Views on Family and Gender in Popular Culture, Amy
Neeman and David Newman
Part Two: Improving Instruction, The Pop of Pedagogy
Chapter Eight - Editorial Cartoons as Education: Political Cartoons as
Pathways to the Pedagogy of Popular Culture, Richard Ellefritz
Chapter Nine- iClickers & Voice-Over PPT: Using Technology to Engage
Millennials in Learning, Bob Reese
Chapter Ten - Amending Eurocentric Narratives of African History in the
U.S. Classroom: A Popular Culture Approach, Fred N. Waweru and Mwenda
Ntarangwi
Chapter Eleven - Popular Culture and Teacher Education in the 21st Century:
The Pedagogical Possibilities of Aliens in America, Ludovic A. Sourdot
Chapter Twelve - "How Does this Sound?" Using Language to Characterize Race
in Middle-Earth, Jennifer Culver
Chapter Thirteen - "World Goin' One Way, People Another:" Using The Wire
and Other Popular Culture Texts to Teach College Writing, Michelle Parke
Conclusion: The Future as Epilogue
Chapter Fourteen - I Don't Get It and That's Okay: Teaching Experiential
Film Interpretation, Jade Lynch-Greenberg and esteban garcia
Chapter Fifteen - My Conversations with Ben: What This Mother Learned from
a Ghost Boy about Bullying, Yvette Benavides
About the Contributors
Index