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Wohlwend, Karen E. – Teachers College Press, 2011
Karen Wohlwend provides a new framework for rethinking the boundaries between literacy and play, so that play itself is viewed as a literacy practice along with reading, writing, and design. Through a variety of theoretical lenses, the author presents a portrait of literacy play that connects three play groups: the girls and, importantly, boys,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Literacy, Young Children
Marshall, Elizabeth, Ed.; Sensoy, Ozlem, Ed. – Rethinking Schools, Ltd, 2011
"Rethinking Popular Culture and Media" is a provocative collection of articles that begins with the idea that the "popular" in classrooms and in the everyday lives of teachers and students is fundamentally political. This anthology includes outstanding articles by elementary and secondary public school teachers, scholars, and activists who…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Sexuality, Corporations, Teacher Attitudes
Brown, Ruth Nicole, Ed.; Kwakye, Chamara Jewel, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"Wish To Live: The Hip-hop Feminism Pedagogy Reader" moves beyond the traditional understanding of the four elements of hip-hop culture--rapping, breakdancing, graffiti art, and deejaying--to articulate how hip-hop feminist scholarship can inform educational practices and spark, transform, encourage, and sustain local and global youth…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Freedom, Intimacy, Autobiographies
Carlson, Dennis, Ed.; Roseboro, Donyell L., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The book aims to change the conversation about sexuality education for adolescents, making it consistent with a democratic cultural politics that is attuned to changes in youth and popular culture. Traditional sex education is nearly obsolete; sexuality curriculum is now primarily learned through popular culture and youth culture, which teach…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Sex Education, Popular Culture, Citizenship Education