Hybrid texts: Fifth graders, rap music,and writing

Urban Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1131-1168

  Christianakis, Mary ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural responsiveness; culturally relevant pedagogy; elementary school; ethnography; language; literacy; popular culture; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051701727     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085911400326     Document Type: Article

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