Educating through Popular Culture (eBook)

Edward Janak is associate professor and chair of the Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership at the University of Toledo.Ludovic A. Sourdot is associate professor of curriculum and instruction in the Department of Teacher Education at Texas Woman’s University.

Introduction - Educating through Popular Culture: “You’re Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics” Ludovic A. Sourdot and Edward JanakPart I - Looking Behind: Teaching in the K-12 Schools With Popular CultureChapter 1 - Reclaimed Identity in Tak Toyoshima’s Secret Asian Man and Gene Luen Yang’s American Born ChineseTammy L. Mielke and Emily BrandonChapter 2 - History, Literacy, and Popular Culture: Using Graphic Novels to Teach the Struggle for Racial JusticeRichard Hughes, Meghan Hawkins, and Katie Lopez Chapter 3 - Karma in Comics: Discovering Hidden Superpowers through CreatingTonia A. Dousay Part II - Looking Around: Teaching in Postsecondary Schools with Popular CulturePart II - Looking Around: Teaching in Postsecondary Schools with Popular CultureChapter 4 - Making Academia Cool: Serious Study of Sequential Art at the UniversityPearl Chaozon Bauer and Marc WolterbeekChapter 5 - Meditation: Mediating the Writing ProcessJillian L. WenburgChapter 6 - Exploring Migration through Popular Media and FieldworkCadey Korson and Weronika KusekPart III - Looking Globally: Teaching U.S. Popular Culture in Global ContextChapter 7 - A Question of Relevance: Teaching with Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film in a Saudi UniversityMaha Al-SaatiChapter 8 - Teaching Little Professors: Autism Spectrum on TV and in the ClassroomKimberley McMahon-ColemanPart IV - Looking Ahead: Preparing Teachers With Popular CultureChapter 9 - Poking It with a Shtick: Humor as Hermeneutic in the Pre-service Teacher Education ClassroomSarah Hunt-Barron and Richard HartsellChapter 10 - Orange is the New Blackboard: Lessons for Student and Teacher AdvocacyHaley M. G. Ford and Meredith J. TolsonChapter 11 - Thinking Philosophically: The Power of Pop Culture in Developing a Personal Philosophy of EducationChad William TimmPart IV - Looking Theoretically: Research Utilizing Popular CultureChapter 12 - Using Multimodal Literacy to Teach Gender History through Comic Books or How “The Wonder Women of History” Became “Marriage A La Mode”Andrew GrunzkeChapter 13 - Exploring the Intersections of Social Identity, Popular Culture and Men in Early Childhood Education.Kenya Wolff, Melissa Chapman, and Josh ThompsonChapter 14 - Loyal Opposition: Conservative Student Resistance to Jazz Culture in the 1920sJacob HardestyConclusion - But I Don't Want to Read a Graphic Novel: Truth and Nuance about Pop Culture in EducationPaul Crutcher and Autumn Dodge