"Gotta Be Worse": Negotiating the Pleasurable and the Popular

Describes the author's experiences and dilemmas serving as language arts teacher at an alternative education program for middle school students. Describes how students drew on popular culture to maintain their identities of "how bad I can be." Describes how bringing popular culture in...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 2000-10, Vol.44 (2), p.146-149
Main Author: Finders, Margaret J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Class discussion
Critical literacy
Cultural identity
Education
Expulsion
High Risk Students
Language Arts
Learning
Literacy
Mass Media
Media & Pop Culture
Middle School Students
Middle School Teachers
Middle Schools
Mothers
Negotiation
Nontraditional Education
Pleasure
Popular Culture
Princesses
Self Concept
Sexuality
Teacher Educators
Teacher Student Relationship
Teaching Methods
Teenagers
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Summary:Describes the author's experiences and dilemmas serving as language arts teacher at an alternative education program for middle school students. Describes how students drew on popular culture to maintain their identities of "how bad I can be." Describes how bringing popular culture into the classroom to support students' learning also brought dilemmas of how to deal with sexuality in pop culture. (SR)
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706