Entering the Hip-Hop Curriculum for 21st-Century Homeless Youth to Increase Racial Consciousness

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  In Roundtable Session: Amplifying Equitable Education: Hip-Hop Pedagogy in Action (Table 7)

Abstract

This hip-hop art education project aims to implement a hip-hop art curriculum at a homeless youth center in Houston, Texas, to examine how the hip-hop art curriculum can inspire and engage homeless youth in their racial-justice awareness, and to explore how the hip-hop can be integrated into an art curriculum to develop youth’s 21st century learning and innovation skills. This study used a phenomenological approach. Data were collected from a combination of interviews, a focus group, and the classroom observation. The findings indicated the hip-hop art curriculum can build opportunities for homeless youth to develop their critical voices in a free space for artistic creativity, which exerted a huge impact on homeless youth.

Authors

• Xiaoyuan Xian, New Mexico Military Institute

• Miao Li, University of Houston