Word Up: Using Spoken Word and Hip Hop Subject Matter in Pre-College Writing Instruction.

Autor/inn/en	Sirc, Geoffrey; Sutton, Terri
Institution	Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs.
Titel	Word Up: Using Spoken Word and Hip Hop Subject Matter in Pre-College Writing Instruction.
Quelle	39 (2009) 1-2, S.26-31 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Creative Writing; Teacher Surveys; Classrooms; Literacy; Popular Culture; Music; Teaching Methods; Secondary School Teachers; High School Students; Language Usage; Public Schools; Student Research; Urban Schools; College Preparation; Student Motivation; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Outreach Programs; Art Activities; Dance; Creative Teaching; Faculty Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreatives Schreiben; Classroom; Klassenraum; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Popkultur; Musik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Sprachgebrauch; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Studentenforschung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schulische Motivation; Leseunterricht; Schreibunterricht; Jobcoaching; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Tanz; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht
Abstract	In June 2008, the Department of English at the University of Minnesota partnered with the Minnesota Spoken Word Association to inaugurate an outreach literacy program for local high-school students and teachers. The four-day institute, named "In Da Tradition," used spoken word and hip hop to teach academic and creative writing to core-city high-school students. In addition, high-school teachers writing and researching alongside the students witnessed an instructive model for utilizing the subject in their public-school classrooms, both for creative writing and academic research projects. The Institute focuses on the history, significance, pedagogy, and performance of spoken word and hip hop in order to encourage literacy, to inspire core-city high-school students to work toward postsecondary education, and to expand upon ideas of what is possible both in academic scholarship and in creative writing. This article reports on outcomes from the institute. As several teacher survey respondents noted, hip hop culture is youth culture. Engaging with it engages students who may otherwise be uninterested in reading and writing. (Contains 3 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota. 330 HHH Center, 301 19th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Tel: 612-625-1551; Fax: 612-626-0273; e-mail: cura@umn.edu; Web site: http://www.cura.umn.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10