Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Pedagogy and Pop Culture #3

So....we have been talking about the use of pop-culture in the classroom.  I just came across Willow Smith's music video for her song "I Whip My Hair,"  it isn't demonstrating critical pedagogy in the classroom but the music video itself, starring Willow (a tough as nails and clearly creative 9 year old), is about learning to access and honor your true self.  The beginning of the video shows a very sterile and homogenous school environment and then Willow comes in and shakes things up.  I believe that she is not only making a call for people to be themselves, but I also believe that in more ways than one, she is making a call for ethnic studies, for critical pedagogy, and for democratic education.  What do you all think?


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