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This is the archived catalogue entry for Teaching Youth Studies Through Popular Culture, published by ACYS Publishing in October 2014. It is kept as a record of the book and of the terms on which it was sold; this site is an independent archive and not the publisher. The price on the page, $54.95 plus postage, and the note about orders from outside Australia are part of that record: the order form and the clearinghouse that handled it are gone, and nothing here can be bought.
What the entry preserves is the account of the book itself, a handbook for teachers of youth studies and related disciplines that gathers published work on using film, television, popular music, literature and print advertising in the classroom and sets it beside the case studies of the authors own courses, down to karaoke and social media, with an account of how their students responded.
The table of contents is reproduced in full, which is usually enough to decide whether a chapter is worth chasing through a library. The endorsement quoted is the one printed in the original entry.
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Teaching Youth Studies
Through Popular Culture
ACYS Publishing
October 2014
$54.95 + postage
Note: for orders outside Australia, please contact ACYS for information about pricing and postage.
Teaching Youth Studies Through Popular Culture is the first book designed specifically to provide teachers of youth studies and related disciplines such as sociology with an introduction to the ways in which popular culture can be deployed in the classroom to scaffold student learning. It acts as a handbook, presenting a synthesis of previously published reports on the use of the various forms of popular culture in the classroom together with case studies of innovative learning and teaching practices in both introductory and upper level courses. In a refreshing and open style, the authors explain what they did and why, and – importantly – how their students responded.
The book first discusses different pedagogical approaches on the use of film, television, music, literature, and print media and advertising; it then turns to detailed case studies of how popular culture has informed the teaching practices of the authors, including, for example, the use of karaoke and social media.
“… a marvellous and inspirational resource for those teaching in youth studies, sociology, education and youth work.”
Kathy Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Youth Work, RMIT University
Contents:
Introduction
Popular culture and the youth studies classroom
POPULAR CULTURE FORMS
Film
Facilitating sociological thinking
The Small Screen
Illustrating concepts and highlighting issues
Popular Music
Testing understandings
Literature and Creative Writing
Developing critical consciousness
Print Media and Advertising
Representing young people
CASE STUDIES
Case Study 1
Digital narratives: Documenting youth transitions
Case Study 2
‘Teenage Dirtbag, Baby’: A karaoke icebreaker
Case Study 3
Researching youth: Subculture, film and practice ethnographies
Case Study 4
Social media in youth studies education
Conclusion
“I was surprised by this book – but in a good way …”
Rachel Thomson, University of Sussex
About the Authors:
Sarah Baker is an associate professor lecturing in sociology and youth studies at Griffith University in Queensland. An award-winning teacher, Sarah received the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Griffith University Teacher of the Year in 2012, followed by an Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in 2013. She has published widely on the everyday cultural practices of young people and is the lead Australian author on the first year sociology textbook, Think Sociology (Pearson, 2011).
Brady Robards, previously at Griffith University, is now a lecturer in sociology at the University of Tasmania. His research explores how young people use and thus produce the social web. Brady's work appears in international journals and edited collections concerned with the sociology of youth. Brady is also the co-editor of several forthcoming anthologies and special journal issues related to youth culture and/or new media. To find out more, visit Brady's website: bradyrobards.com.
“Engaging, well-written and insightful …”
Andy Ruddock, Monash University