Wrapped up the book! Celebration noise insert here. So a few weeks ago we talked about popular culture pedagogy. We all experience pop culture in one form or another. Social media, books, movies, TV, even video games. We experience pop culture in many ways.
In class we talked about how we use pop culture in our classroom. We use examples that relate to the students and to the material. Pop culture can be used to increase student engagement and give them some agency in the classroom. Now that being said, students do not know how hard and the amount of work that is put into finding and creating examples for them. But what about us teachers?
Everyone wishes there was a guide book for college and how to survive outside of highschool life. The book that I have been discussing throughout the course of this semester is a great example. The book uses the old school popular culture ico Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the 100 acre wood. The book uses Pooh as a guide on how to calm down and take time for ourselves. The book can be used for as young as 16 or even anyone struggling for high anxiety.
Popular culture can be used as examples for all ages. Even teachers need examples on how to teach and how to handle the classroom. Where do we go though? It is really easy to overlook that we need examples too. If we do not have examples we can struggle, especially if we are going in blind on a subject.
We need to remember not to sell ourselves short on what we need in our lives. We need help with things and it is okay to ask. We need examples and a guide book too, just like we give our students.
Remember #dontrunonempty
Parent, J. (2018) A walk in the wood: Meditation on
mindfulness with a bear named pooh
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