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- Learning who we (and they) are: popular culture as pedagogy
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This chapter focuses on how popular culture can be incorporated into adult classrooms to critically examine the ways in which race, class, and gender identities are constructed in the mass media.
This chapter focuses on how popular culture can be incorporated into adult classrooms to critically examine the ways in ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Guy, Talmadge C.
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Gender; Adult and community education; Culture;
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- Popular culture and critical media literacy in adult education: theory and practice
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This chapter introduces the volume, provides an overview of the theory and literature on popular culture and critical media literacy in education, and discusses ways to use popular culture in adult education.
This chapter introduces the volume, provides an overview of the theory and literature on popular culture and critical media ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Tisdell, Elizabeth J.
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Literacy; Research; Adult and community education;
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- Critical media literacy and popular film: experiences of teaching and learning in a graduate class
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This chapter describes the use of popular film and semiotics for the development of critical media literacy in a graduate-level education course.
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Authors: Stuckey, Heather L.; Kring, Kelly
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Literacy; Adult and community education; Teaching and learning;
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- The influence of popular culture and entertainment media on adult education
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This chapter summarizes the main themes in this volume: the role of popular culture and entertainment media in facilitating critical media literacy with adult learners; the influence of popular culture on our understanding of ourselves and others; and the ways in which popular culture reinforces or resists the dominant culture.
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Authors: Thompson, Patricia M.
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Literacy; Culture; Research;
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- Using the Simpsons to teach humanities with gen x and gen y adult students
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This chapter discusses how the animated show the Simpsons can be used successfully to present and critique various concepts normally found in traditional undergraduate humanities courses.
This chapter discusses how the animated show the Simpsons can be used successfully to present and critique various concepts ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Fink, Maxwell A.; Foote, Deborah C.
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Literacy; Higher education; Providers of education and training;
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