Popular Culture In Education

As the time passes by, many changes in the people’s way of living is happening. It includes the arts, music, literature, technology, and even the education. In this fast changing world, education is the very foundation of all walks of life. As Nelson Mandela (1996) said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” But in this changing world, how do education should cope with this many and uncountable changes.
This paper focus and aims to show and explain the definition of the Popular Culture and its use in education. This is made to prove that Popular Culture is an essential and effective tool that can be used by educators in teaching because of its effectiveness not only in getting the attention of the learners …show more content…
Empowering classroom to discuss critical media literacy and about basic media education and analysis of media messages can be a decent instructive method.
As Andrew Jones (2013) explains in his article, “High Culture Versus Pop Culture: Which is best for Engaging Students?” to make the learning more pleasurable, teachers and students should engage in enjoyable lessons through referencing pop culture. It is also supported by the idea of Jeremy Bentham, an English philosopher. Bentham's basic idea is that pleasure is a good thing and increasing it is a right thing to do. Especially, when it is used in …show more content…
It may be not part of their curriculum, but it will surely help in getting the attention of the students and also developing and nurturing the intellectual capabilities of the learners. Even if it is in analyzing the popular culture, itself or thinking critically with the help of pop culture, it may help the students with assurance in developing as a critical individual. In using the popular culture in education, teachers ensure the proficiency and literacy of their students and they will surely be competent in their studies and also in the society they