Culturally Relevant Teaching: Hip-Hop Pedagogy in Urban Schools

by Darius Prier

Book Overview

Culturally Relevant Teaching centers hip-hop culture as a culturally relevant form of critical pedagogy in urban pre-service teacher education programs. In this important book, Darius D. Prier explores how hip-hop artists construct a sense of democratic education and pedagogy with transformative possibilities in their schools and communities. In a postmodern context, students' critical street narratives challenge educators to rethink where...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143311058X
• ISBN13: 9781433110580
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"