“When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream Schools
In the context of transformative practices in public education, hip-hop is often presented as a culturally relevant solution to the disempowering curriculum and structures that have consistently ignored the needs of minoritized youth. The stories we tell of hip-hop in schools typically highlight the...
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International Association for the Study of Popular Music
2019-12-01
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| description | In the context of transformative practices in public education, hip-hop is often presented as a culturally relevant solution to the disempowering curriculum and structures that have consistently ignored the needs of minoritized youth. The stories we tell of hip-hop in schools typically highlight the successes of these programs, cultivating the illusion that hip-hop pedagogy is a straightforward approach to youth-centered, culturally-relevant education. However, as is the case with critical pedagogies in practice, many of the lessons to be learned rise out of the difficulties of enacting these pedagogies in real classrooms. As reflexive scholars, it is important to not only focus on our successes, but also to highlight our challenges for the purpose of improvement. Based on their individual experiences as teachers in classrooms engaged in hip-hop based education, the authors explore the challenges that exist within the practice of critical pedagogy and raise important questions about the efficacy of hip-hop pedagogy and liberatory education in traditional school settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4f13661d6c043bdb75fa084f7d624ec2022-12-22T00:02:53ZengInternational Association for the Study of Popular MusicIASPM Journal2079-38712019-12-019262110.5429/2079-3871(2019)v9i2.2en“When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream SchoolsLauren Leigh Kelly0Donald C. Sawyer1Rutgers UniversityQuinnipiac UniversityIn the context of transformative practices in public education, hip-hop is often presented as a culturally relevant solution to the disempowering curriculum and structures that have consistently ignored the needs of minoritized youth. The stories we tell of hip-hop in schools typically highlight the successes of these programs, cultivating the illusion that hip-hop pedagogy is a straightforward approach to youth-centered, culturally-relevant education. However, as is the case with critical pedagogies in practice, many of the lessons to be learned rise out of the difficulties of enacting these pedagogies in real classrooms. As reflexive scholars, it is important to not only focus on our successes, but also to highlight our challenges for the purpose of improvement. Based on their individual experiences as teachers in classrooms engaged in hip-hop based education, the authors explore the challenges that exist within the practice of critical pedagogy and raise important questions about the efficacy of hip-hop pedagogy and liberatory education in traditional school settings.https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/download/937/pdfhip-hop educationcritical pedagogyculturally sustaining pedagogyliberatory educationcritical reflexivity |
| spellingShingle | Lauren Leigh Kelly Donald C. Sawyer “When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream Schools IASPM Journal hip-hop education critical pedagogy culturally sustaining pedagogy liberatory education critical reflexivity |
| title | “When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream Schools |
| title_full | “When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream Schools |
| title_fullStr | “When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream Schools |
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| title_short | “When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”: Enacting Critical Pedagogies of Hip-hop in Mainstream Schools |
| title_sort | when keeping it real goes wrong enacting critical pedagogies of hip hop in mainstream schools |
| topic | hip-hop education critical pedagogy culturally sustaining pedagogy liberatory education critical reflexivity |
| url | https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/article/download/937/pdf |
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