Breakbeat Pedagogy: Hip Hop and Spoken Word Beyond the Classroom Walls

Breakbeat Pedagogy Hip Hop and Spoken Word Beyond the Classroom Walls Breakbeat Pedagogy provides a groundbreaking framework for the inclusion of hip-hop culture in schools. Looking beyond the previous model of hip-hop-based education, Brian Mooney argues for school-wide hip-hop events, such as poetry slams, as the ideal site for students to engage in the elements of hip-hop culture. Working from the perspective of a classroom teacher, the author reflects on the story of Word Up!, a hip-hop and spoken word poetry event that began with students in a New Jersey high school. He makes the case for a pedagogy with the potential to transform urban schools and the way we think about them. This is essential reading for any teacher committed to social justice and culturally relevant education.Additional ISBNs9781433136184, 9781433133251, 9781433136191Breakbeat Pedagogy: Hip Hop and Spoken Word Beyond the Classroom Walls 1st Edition is written by Brian Mooney and published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers. ISBNs for Breakbeat Pedagogy are 9781453918142, 1453918140 and the print ISBNs are 9781433133244, 1433133245. Additional ISBNs include 9781433136184, 9781433133251, 9781433136191.