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Teachers and students learn together  through exchanging in authentic dialogue. 

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Teachers and students learn together  through exchanging in authentic dialogue. 

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Pop culture is heterogeneous in nature and exists because of exchanges within cultures.

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Pop culture is heterogeneous in nature and exists because of exchanges within cultures.

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Find connections between local and academic literacies

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Find connections between local and academic literacies

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schools have a history of marginalizing groups of  students that aren't part of the dominant culture and aren't masters of the academic literacies adopted by the dominant culture.

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schools have a history of marginalizing groups of  students that aren't part of the dominant culture and aren't masters of the academic literacies adopted by the dominant culture.

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Ability to read, write, question, recognize social, political, and economic contexts within texts; leading to empowering change.

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Ability to read, write, question, recognize social, political, and economic contexts within texts; leading to empowering change.

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Examples of documents of cultural artifacts : hip hop, music, film, media texts...

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Examples of documents of cultural artifacts : hip hop, music, film, media texts...

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Presenting poetry in group rap presentation with critique from peers and guidelines to consider historical literary periods.

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Presenting poetry in group rap presentation with critique from peers and guidelines to consider historical literary periods.

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Using a familiar court platform for developing a focused thesis statement with supporting evidence, counter arguments, and varied forms of writing.

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Situated in students' experiences, calls for critical dialogue, and relates to larger social and political issues. 

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Situated in students' experiences, calls for critical dialogue, and relates to larger social and political issues. 

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Importance of raising awareness of oppressed people.

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Importance of raising awareness of oppressed people.

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Studying, deconstructing and discussing pop film, music, media, and literary texts to examine larger problems within society and empower change.

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Studying, deconstructing and discussing pop film, music, media, and literary texts to examine larger problems within society and empower change.

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Need to prepare students for citizenship in multicultural democracy.

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Need to prepare students for citizenship in multicultural democracy.

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"Motivated and empowered by the prospect of addressing a real problem in their community, the students learned the tools of research, read difficult texts, kind produced their own text of high academic merit."-Morrell 2002

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"Motivated and empowered by the prospect of addressing a real problem in their community, the students learned the tools of research, read difficult texts, kind produced their own text of high academic merit."-Morrell 2002

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Make learning in school culturally and socially relevant to students.

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Make learning in school culturally and socially relevant to students.

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People with advanced literacies are more likely hold professional career positions, earn higher incomes, participate in the voting process, and are less likely to go to prison. Sadly, there is an unfair distribution of what this means for people holding the same skillsets. 

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People with advanced literacies are more likely hold professional career positions, earn higher incomes, participate in the voting process, and are less likely to go to prison. Sadly, there is an unfair distribution of what this means for people holding the same skillsets. 

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Examine the forms of literacy students comfortably use already and incorporate, capitalize and build upon within the classroom.

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Examine the forms of literacy students comfortably use already and incorporate, capitalize and build upon within the classroom.

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"Critical literacies involve the consumption, production, and distribution of print and new media texts by, with, ,and on behalf of marginalized populations in the interests of naming, exposing, and destabilizing power relations; and promoting individual freedom and expression. "(Morrell, 2004)

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"Critical literacies involve the consumption, production, and distribution of print and new media texts by, with, ,and on behalf of marginalized populations in the interests of naming, exposing, and destabilizing power relations; and promoting individual freedom and expression. "(Morrell, 2004)

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Youth are capable of thoughtful debate when it's meaningful to them. Must connect to their schema.

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Youth are capable of thoughtful debate when it's meaningful to them. Must connect to their schema.

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Reading is not only about decoding the text or simply understanding it.  It's about interpreting, questioning, and developing a critical stance. 

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Reading is not only about decoding the text or simply understanding it.  It's about interpreting, questioning, and developing a critical stance. 

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Need for teachers and teachers to be , to be trained and then participate in research within their classrooms and contribute to the field.

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Need for teachers and teachers to be , to be trained and then participate in research within their classrooms and contribute to the field.

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Duty as  a teacher to promote positive social change. 

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Duty as  a teacher to promote positive social change. 

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* Pop culture often takes a back seat to the dominant culture, when it could be the perfect place for the melding of the two. 

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* Pop culture often takes a back seat to the dominant culture, when it could be the perfect place for the melding of the two. 

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*  We can't allow top-down directives to completely dictate what we're going to teach and how we are going to teach it.  We need to connect with our students. 

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*  We can't allow top-down directives to completely dictate what we're going to teach and how we are going to teach it.  We need to connect with our students. 

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*Students come to school with different background knowledge and it's unfair to act as though the shared experiences of the dominant culture are somehow more valuable than others. Knowing your students and allowing them to shine using the forums they're comfortable with will help the teacher identify strengths to share with the class, and areas to address in future classes. 

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*Students come to school with different background knowledge and it's unfair to act as though the shared experiences of the dominant culture are somehow more valuable than others. Knowing your students and allowing them to shine using the forums they're comfortable with will help the teacher identify strengths to share with the class, and areas to address in future classes. 

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* We need to reexamine how our mandated curriculum is falling short in terms of requiring or even encouraging critical thinking skills. We don't want to teach students to regurgitate what they've read through formulaic responses.  

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* We need to reexamine how our mandated curriculum is falling short in terms of requiring or even encouraging critical thinking skills. We don't want to teach students to regurgitate what they've read through formulaic responses.  

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*Teachers express that they see the value of using pop culture to relate school curriculum to student interests, but feel underprepared to actually carry it out.  Teachers need the pressure from the high-stakes climate relieved so they can experiment and take risks without penalty.

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*Teachers express that they see the value of using pop culture to relate school curriculum to student interests, but feel underprepared to actually carry it out.  Teachers need the pressure from the high-stakes climate relieved so they can experiment and take risks without penalty.