The paper “Critical Pedagogy in an Urban High School English
Classroom” was an excellent read for, and my favorite out of all of our
readings so far. It was nice to read some classroom based observation of the
new skill we are learning about and real puts into context how to use it
effectively and how beneficial it is for students and for teachers alike. I
love the idea of this type of classroom. The students working together to
develop discussion, working toward effective and meaningful life skills, and being
passionate in the classroom sounded fantastic and highly desirable. The section
that meant the most to me was involving pop culture in the classroom and the
ideas on pop culture as a whole. While reading about elite culture effecting
pop culture, I saw it leading to counter culture. The paper then mentioned that
pop culture was both for and against elite culture. I found the entire aspect
of the culture sections amazing. As for my current placement, many of my
students are involved in pop culture and they often feel that school is
disconnected from their own lives. I place they are forced to go that is not
their “style” and is actively against it. Some of my best lessons have involved
students and pop culture they were interested in. (Speaking on movie posters
after going over the To Kill a Mockingbird posters from around the world the
students questioned why movie posters were so bad now, we then went through
posters and talked about art.) My students also are very into hip-hop culture.
I had once mentioned I liked Kendrick Lamar and students were very excited and
wanted to know more. If I could do something like their poetry unit, which used
both rap and classic poems, I think my students would be much more interested
in that than a regular lesson. I plan on using the things I learned about pop
culture and its effectiveness in including students’ lives into the classroom.
Having a connection exponentially will increase the otherwise vehement
disinterest.
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