TITLE:
Pop Culture Art as Educational Bridge: Connecting Generations through Games and Animation Movies in Classroom Environment
AUTHORS:
Rafael Iwamoto Tosi
KEYWORDS:
Pop-Culture, Teaching and Learning, Transgenerational Process, Cultural Semiotics, Arts and Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
9,
2023
ABSTRACT: This article seeks to shed
light on the use of content from pop culture found in audiovisual media,
especially those that have great appeal to younger generations. Starting the
discussion from the critical principle that visual media today have enormous
popularity among different age groups in our society, we seek to understand how
the visual elements of pop culture were being engendered in a generalized way
around the world. Based on these perceptions, we
will understand how such elements can be used in the classroom as a pedagogical instrument with the use of theories of
culture semiotics and edu-semiotics, where
socio-cultural references will be verified in the perspective of creating
bridges between students and teachers, carrying out a process known as the
transgenerational process. Finally, the article contemplates the use of pop
culture as an instrument of education and arts by presenting its essence,
called heART, where artistic elements and social connection are essential to
maintain a society in the constant flow of exchange of ideas and consequent life.
In conclusion, it is clear that pop culture is still underutilized in
educational contexts and that its achievements for the exchange of experiences
with different generational peers are enormous.