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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Edward Janak and Denise F. Blum - Contributions by Yvette Benavides; Seth Besteman; Carrie Brockheim; Colleen Coughlin; Jennifer Culver; Sheila Delony; Mikee Delony; Charity Dishon-Fischer; Brian Duchaney; Jennifer Edelman; Richard Ellefritz; Je Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis DedicationContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Past as PrologueChapter One - Can We Win the Future by Living in the Past? An Exploration of Nostalgia in Education, Jennifer Edelman and Edward JanakChapter Two - Professional Paradox: Teachers in Film and Television, Sheila Delony and Mikee DelonyPart One: Theoretical Analyses of Pop CultureChapter Three - Making a Modern Man: Disney's Literacy and Health Education Campaigns in latin and South America during WWII, Julie PrietoChapter Four - Uncovering Images of Teaching: Towards a Teacher-Activist Ideal, Sylvia Mac and Denise BlumChapter Five - "The Words We Write for Ourselves:" Confronting the Myths of Race, Education, and American Genius in Finding Forrester, Joanna Davis-McElligatt and Forrest RothChapter Six - "If You Should Die Before You Wake..." Bart Simpson and the Genesis of Rebellion, Brian N. DuchaneyChapter 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 NewmanPart Two: Improving Instruction, The Pop of PedagogyChapter Eight - Editorial Cartoons as Education: Political Cartoons as Pathways to the Pedagogy of Popular Culture, Richard EllefritzChapter Nine- iClickers & Voice-Over PPT: Using Technology to Engage Millennials in Learning, Bob ReeseChapter Ten - Amending Eurocentric Narratives of African History in the U.S. Classroom: A Popular Culture Approach, Fred N. Waweru and Mwenda NtarangwiChapter Eleven - Popular Culture and Teacher Education in the 21st Century: The Pedagogical Possibilities of Aliens in America, Ludovic A. SourdotChapter Twelve - "How Does this Sound?" Using Language to Characterize Race in Middle-Earth, Jennifer CulverChapter Thirteen - "World Goin' One Way, People Another:" Using The Wire and Other Popular Culture Texts to Teach College Writing, Michelle ParkeConclusion: The Future as EpilogueChapter Fourteen - I Don't Get It and That's Okay: Teaching Experiential Film Interpretation, Jade Lynch-Greenberg and esteban garciaChapter Fifteen - My Conversations with Ben: What This Mother Learned from a Ghost Boy about Bullying, Yvette BenavidesAbout the ContributorsIndex...
