Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (Jan 2025)

What do we know: positive impact of hip-hop pedagogy on student's learning effects

  • Xi Ling,
  • Xi Ling,
  • Yuanyuan Chen,
  • Shixin Zhao,
  • Dongping Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1490432
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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Over the last decade, hip-hop pedagogy has received a lot of attention in the field of education because of its significance in improving students’ learning effects. This review articulates the current understanding of the positive impact of hip-hop pedagogy on students’ learning effects within publications, an under-researched area. Based on a review of previous studies, this review innovatively examines six major elements of hip-hop pedagogy (DJ, MC, cypher, breakdance, knowledge, and graffiti) and concludes that the six major elements of hip-hop pedagogy can, in terms of the four dimensions of learning motivation, engagement, learning and memorization, and critical thinking, improve students’ learning effects. Hip-hop pedagogy is an all-encompassing pedagogy that is popular with youth and deserves more in-depth research by hip-hop educators in the future.

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