Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education

by Sam Seidel

Book Overview

Many educators already know that hip-hop can be a powerful tool for engaging students. But can hip-hop save our schools? In Hip Hop Genius, Sam Seidel introduces an iteration of hip-hop education that goes far beyond the usual approach of studying rap music as classroom content and looks instead at deeply honoring the knowledge of urban students. Seidel lays out a vision for how hip-hop's genius-the resourceful creativity and swagger that took it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610480260
• ISBN13: 9781610480260
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"