Jun 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

EDTE 2100 - Introduction to Youth Culture


This course explores the complexity of youth culture and examines the cultural and historical construction of childhood to young adulthood. This course discusses major learning and human development theories through the use of youth culture pedagogy as an overarching framework for understanding. In addition, this course provides an introduction to equity based pedagogical frameworks such as reality pedagogy and culturally sustaining pedagogy as a way to affirm students and support their learning.

Requisites: Admission to Hip-Hop Ohio Patton Education program
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to describe the tenants of youth culture pedagogy.
  • Students will be able to apply youth culture pedagogy as a way to make meaning of the lived experiences of children and youth in and out of schools.
  • Students will be able to compare youth culture pedagogy to existing theories and describe how it can inform their teaching practice.
  • Students will be able to describe major theories and concepts in student motivation.
  • Students will be able to critically examine major theories of learning and human development from childhood to young adulthood.


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