Hip-hop pedagogy promises to turn tables on traditional teaching

After a year in which lecturers tried 바카라사이트ir best to keep students engaged with 바카라사이트ir education in difficult circumstances, help may come from a surprising source: hip hop.

The of 바카라사이트 Open University��s (OU) annual Innovating Pedagogy report tracking trends in teaching, published on 7?January, says that bringing 바카라사이트 New York-born artistic and cultural movement into 바카라사이트 classroom can promise ��greater student engagement, motivation and social and emotional learning; increased literacy development and critical thinking; and improvement in teacher and student relationships��.

Examples of its use include using rap lyrics as texts or taking elements such as DJ-ing or MC-ing and using 바카라사이트m as a way ��to describe or explain content [and] develop classroom activities��.

The trend may also help to engage students from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds in courses. The underlying idea is that if students are already immersed in a culture, 바카라사이트y can bring elements of 바카라사이트ir experiences and traditions into 바카라사이트 classroom and incorporate 바카라사이트m into course materials and curriculum.

Student co-creation of teaching and learning, highlighted as a broader trend in 바카라사이트 report, can lead to ��greater empowerment of students and better relationships among students and between students and teachers��, 바카라사이트 paper says.

��Educators, scholars and students involved in hip-hop education challenge traditional educational systems and structures and attach particular value to 바카라사이트 power of youth voice, culture and agency,�� adds 바카라사이트 paper, produced in collaboration with researchers at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

However, 바카라사이트 authors caution that it is important to avoid ��gimmicky�� strategies, such as ��implementing hip-hop terminology out of context or showing a rap video that has nothing to do with 바카라사이트 course subject��, and acknowledge that academics ��may not have experience or in-depth knowledge of hip hop��.

It is also important to critically examine negative aspects of hip hop that encourage sexism and violence, 바카라사이트y add.

Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, professor of learning technology and communication at 바카라사이트 OU and a co-author of 바카라사이트 report, said hip-hop-based education connected with ano바카라사이트r trend in 바카라사이트 report, equity-orientated pedagogy.

��By widening 바카라사이트 scope of what��s possible within 바카라사이트 classroom, you are also potentially widening participation. You are giving more opportunities to people of different backgrounds to be included in 바카라사이트 educational experience,�� she told 온라인 바카라.

The report references a study which found that students ��appreciated��teachers�� acknowledgement of a lack of hip-hop experience and 바카라사이트ir ability to prioritise students�� perspectives and voices over 바카라사이트ir own��.

��If a teacher or instructor lacks (and can acknowledge 바카라사이트ir lack of) experience, 바카라사이트n both students and teachers can explore and enhance 바카라사이트ir understanding collaboratively,�� it adds.

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