%0 Book
%A Brian Mooney
%D 2016
%C New York, United States of America
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 1058-1634
%@ 9781453918142
%T Breakbeat Pedagogy
%B Hip Hop and Spoken Word Beyond the Classroom Walls
%R 10.3726/978-1-4539-1814-2
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1109676
%X Breakbeat Pedagogy provides a groundbreaking framework for the inclusion of hip-hop culture in schools. Looking beyond the previous model of hip-hop-based education, Brian Mooney argues for school-wide hip-hop events, such as poetry slams, as the ideal site for students to engage in the elements of hip-hop culture. Working from the perspective of a classroom teacher, the author reflects on the story of Word Up!, a hip-hop and spoken word poetry event that began with students in a New Jersey high school. He makes the case for a pedagogy with the potential to transform urban schools and the way we think about them. This is essential reading for any teacher committed to social justice and culturally relevant education.
%K culturally relevant pedagogy, teacher education, urban education, critical media literacy, social justice, #HipHopEd, critical pedagogy, poetry slam, spoken word, hip-hop
%G English