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Informationen zum Autor Andrew L. Grunzke is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Guam. Klappentext Educating through Popular Culture is a tool for educators at all levels to improve their practice via popular culture in ways that both embrace and resist contemporary thinking. Its chapters provide a range of theoretical and practical suggestions to elicit discussion and spark creativity in all students. Zusammenfassung Educating through Popular Culture is a tool for educators at all levels to improve their practice via popular culture in ways that both embrace and resist contemporary thinking. Its chapters provide a range of theoretical and practical suggestions to elicit discussion and spark creativity in all students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Educating through Popular Culture: "You're Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics" Ludovic A. Sourdot and Edward Janak Part I - Looking Behind: Teaching in the K-12 Schools With Popular Culture Chapter 1 - Reclaimed Identity in Tak Toyoshima's Secret Asian Man and Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese Tammy L. Mielke and Emily Brandon Chapter 2 - History, Literacy, and Popular Culture: Using Graphic Novels to Teach the Struggle for Racial Justice Richard Hughes, Meghan Hawkins, and Katie Lopez Chapter 3 - Karma in Comics: Discovering Hidden Superpowers through Creating Tonia A. Dousay Part II - Looking Around: Teaching in Postsecondary Schools with Popular Culture Part II - Looking Around: Teaching in Postsecondary Schools with Popular Culture Chapter 4 - Making Academia Cool: Serious Study of Sequential Art at the University Pearl Chaozon Bauer and Marc Wolterbeek Chapter 5 - Meditation: Mediating the Writing Process Jillian L. Wenburg Chapter 6 - Exploring Migrat