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ERIC Number: EJ619425
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Rap and Orality: Critical Media Literacy, Pedagogy, and Cultural Synchronization.
Paul, Dierdre Glenn
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v44 n3 p246-51 Nov 2000
Advocates using rap in the classroom as a literacy development practice that advances critical thinking. Discusses the author's attempts to introduce this instructional strategy to secondary school teachers, some of whom struggled in their efforts to enhance cultural synchronization (between teacher and students) within their classes. (SR)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Literacy, Secondary Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rap Music