Young People, Popular Culture And Education (Contemporary Iss

Description:
'Young People, Popular Culture and Education' explores the inter-relationship between the three fields and considers how these relationships have informed teaching practice, especially in the school context. Reflective exercises, interviews, chapter summaries and useful websites will encourage and support student learning and the application of new concepts. Recent debates and developments are considered, including: Culture and youth; New youth research; 'Race' and representation; Children and television; Young adult fictions; Popular music, youth and education; and Youth, politics, and citizenship. 'Young People, Popular Culture and Education' is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students on education studies and related courses. This series presents an authoritative, coherent and focused collection of texts to introduce the contemporary issues that are covered in Education Studies, and related programmes. Each book develops a key theme in contemporary education, such as: Multiculturalism; The social construction of childhood; Urban education; eLearning and multimedia; and, Language and literacy. This is a key feature of this series is the critical exploration of education in times of rapid change, with links made between such developments in wider social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Further, contextualised extracts from important primary texts, such as Bourdieu, Piaget and Vygotsky, will ensure students' exposure to dominant contemporary theories in the field of education. Grounded in a strong conceptual, theoretical framework and presented in an accessible way with the use of features such as case studies, activities and visual devices to encourage and support student learning and the application of new concepts, this series will serve well as collection of core texts for the Education Studies student and lecturer.

Review:
''Young People, Popular Culture and Education is a magisterial treatment of the multiple and complex intersections between cultural studies and education. With a particular and sustained attention to youth culture, Richards moves between theoretical and empirical material with sustained, provocative, and illuminating grace. While this text is particularly well suited for classroom use, it can be usefully read by scholars with a range of experience and backgrounds. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.' Greg Dimitriadis, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA'

Table of Contents:
Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Culture, Youth and Education; 1. Culture and Youth; 2. Cultural Studies and Education Studies; 3. New Youth Research; Part II: Culture, Media and the Curriculum; 4. Media Education; 5. 'Race' and Representation; 6. Children and Television; 7. Young Adult Fictions; 8. Popular Music, Youth and Education; 9. Futures: Youth, Politics, Citizenship; Bibliography; Index.

Author Biography:
Chris Richards is Research Officer and Ethnographer at the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London, UK.