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"That Ain't No Ninja Turtles": The Prevalence and Influence of Popular Culture in the Talk and Writing of Prekindergarten Children
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Kissel, Brian T. – NHSA Dialog, 2011
This article describes how 2 classrooms of 4-year-old children incorporated popular media (cartoons, television shows, video games, movies, and music) into their conversations with peers during writing. The findings assert that (a) children naturally incorporate popular culture into their writing, (b) children include popular culture in their…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Preschool Education, Mass Media Effects, Emergent Literacy