Pop Culture In The Classroom Analysis

Going first is never going easy, however, many important introductory aspects of popular culture in the classroom were discussed, and this was apparent in the ideas that were brought up. We covered many aspects of popular culture in the questions I posed, from what a basic definition of popular culture is to how it could be used in each group members’ future teaching. An important aspect of this discussion, was that at the beginning, I asked the basic questions of what pop culture is. The response was that it was often invaluable, and that is either celebrity news or current fads, which often influence people’s thinking or style. I found this an important way to start the discussion, because after I showed the additional resource, which was …show more content…
This related to another question I asked, about what will change by the time we become teachers, and again, we all agreed that pop culture will look tremendously different. We discussed more questions, but the last one I want to bring up, was about the potential challenges of using pop culture in the classroom, which had the strongest response. It started negative, talking about how not everyone in the class will be engaged on certain topics, such as hop-hop music. We also discussed how the productivity would surely decrease, because talking about engaging things will cause the students to become on excited and take longer to settle down. Another negative, was the distinction between what is appropriate, and what is not. One of the inappropriate pop culture ideas was the Kardashians, who encourage people to be judgemental and are bad role models. Wedding shows on T.V. were also discussed, and how they encourage splurging on weddings or else being shamed. However, the discussion slowly led into another direction, it soon became a positive thing. We talked about taking these negatives, and using them in the classrooms to show students how, and why, these things are important, and dissect them. We all agreed that encouraging students to think critically of these ideas in pop culture, and how they are good and bad, instead of just absorbing everything they see, would be the best course of