Step Your Game Up
Teaching Sociology Through the Art of the Hip-hop Rap Battle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11230782 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don C Sawyer (Quinnipiac University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 224-235 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanity & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-5976 • E-ISSN: 2372-9708 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0160597615574552 |
| OpenAlex | W2006462878 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Sociology has many theoretical concepts educators attempt to get undergraduate students to grasp. As technology, popular culture, and our students evolve, educators must create new and innovative approaches to reach our students and keep them interested in the subject matter. This article describes an innovative exercise used to get students to actively participate in sociological explication, critique, and debate. In a Sociology of Hip-Hop course, the author uses the format of the Hip-Hop Rap Battle to engage students in sociological competition
Battle · Curriculum · Epistemology · Explication · GRASP · Mathematics education · Media studies · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociological theory · Sociology · Subject (documents · Subject matter · Computer Science · Critical Race Theory in Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Philosophy · Psychology
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Black Noise
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |