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It's Time to Face the Music: Singing the Praises of Popular Music in Today's Curriculum Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of Fall 2008 It'S Time to Face The Music: Singing the Praises of Popular Music in Today's Curriculum Shannon Flatt Dasher Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd Recommended Citation Dasher, Shannon Flatt, "It'S Time to Face The Music: Singing the Praises of Popular Music in Today's Curriculum" (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 486. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/486 This dissertation (open access) is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC: SINGING THE PRAISES OF POPULAR MUSIC IN TODAY’S CURRICULUM by SHANNON FLATT DASHER (Under the Direction of John A. Weaver) ABSTRACT This study explored the possibility of incorporating popular music into the curriculum in order to increase student motivation in a time of standardization. As a classroom teacher, I have witnessed students, time after time become uninterested in the present curriculum. I was curious to find out if by incorporating popular music into the lessons of teachers, students would be more apt to learn in school. Cultural inquiry was used as the main method to guide the collection and analysis of the information from the participants through a cultural studies theoretical framework. INDEX WORDS: Cultural studies, Popular culture, Popular music, Standardization, Curriculum, Hip-hop 2 IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC: SINGING THE PRAISES OF POPULAR MUSIC IN TODAY’S CURRICULUM by SHANNON FLATT DASHER B.S., Brewton-Parker College, 1998 M.Ed., Georgia Southern University, 2003 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION STATESBORO, GEORGIA 2008 3 © 2008 Shannon Flatt Dasher All Rights Reserved 4 IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC: SINGING THE PRAISES OF POPULAR MUSIC IN TODAY’S CURRICULUM by SHANNON FLATT DASHER Major Professor: John A. Weaver Committee: Ming Fang He Daniel Chapman Toby Daspit Electronic Version Approved: December 2008 5 DEDICATION First and foremost I would like to dedicate this to the two best daughters in the world, Brooke and Cameron. Brooke and Cameron are the reasons I do so many of the things I do. You make me so proud and gave me the drive that kept me going through this chapter in my life. Thank you for letting me rush you around after school so that I could get to class. I hope you always remember just how proud I am of you. I hope you will always go after your dreams! I love you both so much! This would not have been possible without the best parents in the world anyone could ever have. I will be forever grateful for their love, support, and encouragement. Without your guidance this would not have been possible. Mom, all of your determination for me to finish has finally paid off! Dad, you can finally tell everyone that I am finished and it’s not even 2012! Thank you for all of your sacrifices, and I know there were too many of them to count. I am so proud to be the daughter of Mike and Judy Flatt. I love you both so much! I am especially grateful to my husband “Bubba.” Thank you for holding down the fort for those years I was in class. Thank you for helping me survive the ups and downs that were associated with writing a dissertation. Thank you for drying my tears and then bringing me laughter. I love you so much! I am indebted to my sister Brittney. Thank you for all of your help, especially those times I needed it well after midnight. You dropped everything to help me when I needed it most. You have been so supportive and helpful. Your proofreading skills were great! It was so nice to be able to talk to someone who knew what I was going through. I hope I can repay the favors! I love you so much sister! I would also like to dedicate this 6 to my nephews Cooper and Gunner. Cooper, you have really kept me on my feet. Gunner, I can’t wait for you to keep me on my feet too. I love you both so much! I would also like to thank my husband’s parents who began this journey with me, but weren’t able to watch me finish. I know how proud you would have been! In memory of John and Janet Dasher. 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful for the continuous support I have received from family, friends, and professors. None of this would have been possible without each and every one of you. I offer my sincere thanks to all of you for the vital role you played in my education. I especially thank the teachers and students who allowed me to interview and observe them. I also owe all of my students my gratitude for allowing me to make a difference in their lives. The love and support of my family gave me the strength and confidence that I needed to complete this program. Thank you for your words of wisdom and constant faith. I love you all! I have to thank my extended “dance family.” Without your help I would not have been able to get to class and work on my papers. A very special thank you goes to Deedie Love Davis for allowing me to drop off my girls on days they didn’t even have class so that I could get to class. I appreciate it more than you will ever know. I would also like to thank Mary, Dawn, and Lynne for their support and friendship. I would like to sincerely thank the “Hinesville Mafia.” I’m so glad I was able to share this experience with you Debra, Reggie, Brittney, Bridget, and Christina. I will miss all of our car rides together and meetings at the library and coffee shop. I will especially miss the bubble tea! A special thank you goes to Reggie for keeping me straight throughout this program. I could always count on you to know what was going on. I don’t know what I would have done without having Debra as a friend throughout this journey. No one could ever wish for a better friend! Thank you, Debra, for all of the 8 advice, encouragement, and for just being there for me. You were there every step of the way. We finally made it! I am very thankful for the advice and support from the professors at GSU. I would like to thank Dr. He and Dr. Chapman for their support. You have helped me tremendously throughout this program. Your advice was always much appreciated. Thank you for helping me throughout this program. I would also like to thank Dr. Daspit for serving on my committee. Last but not least, I would like to especially thank Dr. John Weaver. You were my most important teacher. You taught me to rethink my points of view and challenge them as well. Although our viewpoints often differed, you allowed me to speak my mind. It meant so much to me that you allowed me to do this and feel comfortable about doing so. Your unwavering confidence in me has not gone by unnoticed. Thank you for making sure there was always a light in the tunnel! 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS………………………………………………………………...7 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................12 Context of Study ..................................................................................12 Reconnecting School to Students' Lives..............................................16 Research Questions..............................................................................17 Social Justification...............................................................................17 Standardization ....................................................................................18 A Negative Note ..................................................................................23 On a Positive Note ...............................................................................26 Music and the Reconceptualization .....................................................30 II REVIEW OF LITERATURE.........................................................................35 Music History 101: A Literature Review of Music's History from Plato to Present……………………………………………………………..35 A Hip Hop and Jump Into the Past…………………………………..42 Music Makes the World Go Round: A Literature Review of Music's Impact on Society……………………………………………………44 A Shout Out to Popular Culture and Popular Music: A Literature Review of Music's Place in the Curriculum………………………….53 Critical Thinking and Popular Culture……………………………….56 Brand Names 101…………………………………………………….57 Curing Education…………………………………………………….59 III METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………...67 Sample Population…………………………………………………...67 10 Theoretical Framework………………………………………………69 Data Collection Methods…………………………………………….71 IV GIVING THEM A VOICE: INTERVIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS OF FOUR TEACHERS AND FOUR STUDENTS…………………………..76 Mrs. Walls' Interview………………………………………………..76 Mrs. Walls' Observation……………………………………………..83 Mike's Interview and Observation…………………………………...87 Mrs. Smith's Interview……………………………………………….89 Mrs. Smith's Observation…………………………………………….94 Robert's Interview and Observation………………………………….97 Mr. Black's Interview………………………………………………...99 Mr. Black's Observation……………………………………………101 Angela's Interview and Observation………………………………..108 Ms. Jones' Interview………………………………………………..110 Ms. Jones' Observation……………………………………………..112 John's Interview and Observation…………………………………..115 Reflections of Mrs. Walls…………………………………………..116
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