Poster #53 - Hip-Hop Early Literacy Project

• In Event: 18.060 - MTCC Poster Session Two
  In Poster Session: 18.060-7 - Early Childhood Poster Session 1

Abstract

Drawing upon Lee’s (1993) practice of cultural modeling, this study employs Hip-Hop music as a literacy heuristic aimed at increasing the literacy fluency of kindergarten and first grade students. This inquiry asks the following questions: How do young children (K-1st grades) learn to write Hip-Hop lyrics? How do young children engage in Hip-Hop reading and writing processes? Special attention was paid to students’ practices of music “disciplinary literacy” (Moje, 2015) The study found That students engaged in individual and interactive literacy practices, a variety of practices associated with music disciplinary literacy and found Hip Hop reading and lyric composition to constitute culturally relevant literacy which connected them to the literacy practices found in their community and family.

Authors

• Shuaib James Meacham, University of Northern Iowa

• Sohyun Meacham, University of Northern Iowa

• Lamont Muhammad, University of Northern Iowa