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- Title
Profanity as Pedagogy.
- Authors
Smith, Mychelle Hadley
- Abstract
Modern American curriculum is controlled by the standards created by legislative measures; many teachers and curriculum leaders are choosing to break free from the standardized chains to introduce socially-relevant content into the classroom. Pop culture, world issues, and controversial topics all fall into this category. Many controversial topics can be found in literature. One main area of contention is profanity. This article will explore how profanity, a controversial element in literature, can be used in classrooms as a level of literary analysis. The controversial nature of profanity becomes a pedagogical device used to help students make meaning of their current historical moment. I will argue that philosophical hermeneutics can be used by teachers as a method for relating students' experiences with their understanding of profanity. Through this method, the controversial material becomes relevant pedagogy.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EDUCATIONAL standards; CURRICULUM; SWEARING (Profanity) -- Social aspects; SWEARING (Profanity) in literature; HERMENEUTICS; TEACHERS
- Publication
Thresholds in Education, 2016, Vol 39, Issue 1, p57
- ISSN
0196-9641
- Publication type
Article