The Hip-Hop Generation: Rethinking the Disconnect in K–12 Classrooms

• In Event: Hip-Hop Pedagogies Across K–12 Subject Matter

Abstract

This article examines the influence of Hip Hop culture on the pedagogical beliefs and dispositions of ten male educators. The authors highlight the need for African-American teachers in urban schools and literature on their ontologies, epistemologies, and pedagogies. Life history and critical race theory provide methodologies for “counter-narratives”, to center the voices, lived experiences and cultural beliefs of Hip Hop generation educators. Through the use of in-depth interviews, the authors discuss the significance of this study as it connects participants’ beliefs and pedagogy to the social and academic well-being of students of color, particularly African American boys; while informing strategies to recruit and retain African American male teachers.

Authors

• Antonio Latrell Ellis, Howard University

• Malayka Neith Cornejo, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Jaquial D Durham, Howard University