Reclaiming the Cultural Politics of Teaching and Learning - Skooled in Punk

Despite often being associated with anti-establishment, irreverent, and a do-it yourself (DIY) rejection of dominant culture, less considered may the collaborative, communal and curative threads of punk thinking, being and doing. From the outset, punk offered critiques and alternative ways of conceptualizing a world and ways of worlding, that aren't as harmful and constraining as those encountered by many in the dominant milieu of life. This monograph is focused on how and why punk can productively contribute to efforts that are responding to the influences of dominant culture in education, such as the effects of standardization, heightened accountabilities, and 'gap talk'. For this Element, punk can be thought of as social practices that generate cultural resources that can be utilized to critique dominant culture. Hence, this Element aims to make the case that punk sensibilities offer educators opportunities to reclaim the cultural politics of teaching and learning.

List of contents

1. The Learner in Schooling and Punk Lessons; 2. A Kind of Punk Education; 3. Why Punk Matters for Skooling; 4. Working with Punk in the Classroom; 5. Punk, Hope, and the Restorative Potential of Skooling; References.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Vass
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009494519
• ISBN: 978-1-009-49451-9
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Elements in Critical Issues in Teacher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, teacher training, Interdisciplinary studies, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy