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Learning who we (and they) are: popular culture as pedagogy

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.

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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;
Research; Teaching and learning; Providers of education and training; Equity show more

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Popular culture and critical media literacy in adult education: theory and practice

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;
Culture show more

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The influence of popular culture and entertainment media on adult education

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;
Students; Adult and community education show more

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