Bücher der Reihe Education and Popular Culture

Exploring a variety of female superhero narratives, including Wonder Woman comics and television shows like The Secrets of Isis, The Bionic Woman, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this book argues that twentieth-century superheroine stories historically depicted education as the path to female liberation and empowerment.

Kevin Costner, America's Teacher addresses how Kevin Costner's oeuvre has been a vital source of informal education for, and about, Americans. This book is the first to examine the educational impact of Costner's works.

This book argues that mainstream popular has failed to provide multi-dimensional representations of transgender people. To contrast, it illustrates how the work of trans masculine YouTube vloggers helps audiences unlearn such binary narratives of sexual identity through fostering awareness, empathy, and compassion.

In this book, Thomas Albritton explores images of teaching and learning in several giants in the canon of British children's literature. Identifying traces of Plato, Rousseau, Dewey, and Vygotsky; portrayals of growth mindset and high stakes testing; and evidence of the pedagogical power of inquiry, teacher personality, and project-based learning, Albritton's analysis results in both a richer appreciation for the literature and a deeper understanding of the educational theory.