Breakbeat Pedagogy: Hip Hop and Spoken Word Beyond the Classroom Walls (Counterpoints) - Hardcover

Mooney, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1433133253 ISBN 13: 9781433133251

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Brian Mooney is an educator, scholar, and poet who explores the intersections of hip-hop, spoken word poetry, literacy, and urban education. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, where he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in English Education. His work has been featured by national news outlets including The New York Times, NBC, Rolling Stone, NPR, SiriusXM, MTV and others.

Review

"Brian Mooney's theoretical and practical explorations of the breakbeat cover necessary new ground and exemplify what a new type of education work the #HipHopEd community is getting done...Much of the gift that this text provides is showing readers how to own oneself and one's own privileges while doing revolutionary work." -- From the Foreword by Christopher Emdin, Teachers College, Columbia University


"Breakbeat Pedagogy is a triumph of imagination, one that fuses the ingenuity of the everyday with the groundbreaking science of Hip Hop pedagogy....For Mooney, to know is to break, and to break is to build." -- David E. Kirkland, New York University

"A gifted teacher...Mooney reminds that Hip Hop can help schools fulfill their potential as places of exploration, expression, and exchange." -- Bronwen Low, McGill University

"I was intrigued that somebody other than myself can articulate and break down the concepts of To Pimp a Butterfly almost better than I can. That let me know he's a true lover of music." --Kendrick Lamar, Grammy Award-winning rapper

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1433133253
• ISBN 13: 9781433133251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 150