Teaching Law and Criminal Justice Through Popular Culture: A Deep Learning Approach in the Streaming Era

The use of popular culture in law school and criminal justice classrooms can enhance the deep learning process by developing cognitive skills, competencies, and practices essential for professional practice. The book covers critical thinking skills, the role of popular culture, factors that foster intrinsic motivation, using storytelling, popular culture and media literacy, lawyers and criminal justice agents, and regulations for the use of media texts. It is easy-to-read and entertaining and will show readers how to create a motivating and engaging environment that fosters students' deep learning experiences.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 202 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Apple Academic Press Inc.

This groundbreaking book offers university and college professors a powerful tool to create an engaging and immersive learning environment that encourages students to take a deep approach to learning through the use of popular culture stories in law school and criminal justice classrooms. By incorporating popular culture (films, TV shows, books, songs, and more) into their teaching, educators can tap into the power of these narratives to develop cognitive skills, competencies, and practices that are essential for the professional practice of law and criminal justice, often overlooked in traditional law school and criminal justice curricula.

The book delves into a wide range of topics, including critical thinking skills in legal and criminal justice education, the role of popular culture in educating for rapid cognition, factors that foster intrinsic motivation, using storytelling in law and criminal justice, teaching with popular culture stories, popular culture and media literacy in the classroom, lawyers and criminal justice agents and their dealings with the press, the influence of popular culture stories in the legal and criminal justice fields, regulations for the use of media texts in the legal and criminal justice fields, how stereotyping is influenced by popular media, and how to prepare a promising syllabus or course outline.

The authors, who have extensive teaching experience and have facilitated numerous seminars and teaching and learning workshops, have crafted this book in a clear and accessible manner, making it an invaluable resource for educators looking to enhance their classes. With its engaging and entertaining style, the book will show readers how to create a motivating and engaging environment that will foster students deep learning experiences, helping them to become more effective and successful in their academic and professional pursuits.

Weight: 394g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781774637937