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Gina Childers; Rebecca Hite; Joshua Cruz; Weverton Ataide Pinheiro; Kania Greer; Samanthia Noble; Christi Whitworth – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
Many science fiction conventions host interactive sessions and activities related to science fiction, fantasy, and popular culture media for the public. Specialized sessions known as "science tracks" are spaces where science professionals and conference attendees discuss and question the science embedded within science fiction fandoms.…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, STEM Education, Self Concept, Conferences (Gatherings)
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Procknow, Greg – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2019
This article is an autoethnographic vignette of a schizoaffective sufferer learning about 'saneness' from slasher films. In this paper, theories from popular culture as pedagogy, Mad Studies, and cultivation theory, are used to confirm that saneness in motion pictures (specifically slasher films) can be conceptualized as a site of critical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Popular Culture, Ethnography, Vignettes
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Migliarini, Valentina – Educational Forum, 2020
Inspired by Hip-Hop pedagogy and the Krip-Hop movement, this paper aims to address the limits of inclusive education for disabled migrant students, by drawing on the community event "I am Hip-Hop" that took place in June 2019 in Italy. Through this community intervention, migrant and disabled migrant youth were provided a creative…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Popular Culture, Music
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Wright, Robin Redmon; Sandlin, Jennifer A. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
This article focuses on the intersection of three areas of Peter Jarvis's work that have profoundly influenced the field of adult education generally and the authors own research trajectories, in particular: (a) learning from everyday life and in social context, (b) incidental and tacit learning in consumer societies in a globalised world (i.e.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Learning Theories, Learning Processes, Lifelong Learning
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Wohlwend, Karen E.; Medina, Carmen L. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2012
In this conceptual piece, we examine media as a nexus of a traditional schooling pedagogy and performance pedagogy to make visible how their overlapping elements produce media's pervasive educative force but also to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of using media in educational contexts. Nexus analysis examines a fashion makeover…
Descriptors: Television, Popular Culture, Mass Media Role, Clothing
Stametz, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In light of the many social, medical, and political viewpoints on obesity, little is known of the weight loss maintenance experience and the impact on learning processes and outcomes among adults. The purpose of this study was two-fold: a) to explore the experience and meaning-making processes of individuals who have maintained a weight loss and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Maintenance, Learning Processes, Adult Learning