“Sing me back home:” Using country music to clarify criminological theory in undergraduate courses
| dc.contributor.author | Stogner, John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Slate, Risdon N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Blankenship, Chastity | |
| dc.contributor.author | McKee, Jesse | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-23T20:51:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-23T20:51:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The inclusion of music is central to early education pedagogy as an efficient means of conveying information and a mechanism for knowledge retention, yet these tools are generally omitted from higher educational approaches. Drawing on prior studies highlighting how musical assignments successfully supplemented traditional criminal justice coursework, a criminological theory course was redesigned with music as a core component. Musical selections were included and discussed in each class meeting as well as being tied to class assignments within a pilot course. Teaching techniques were refined over several semesters with the revised course framework including more student involvement, somewhat approaching a flipped classroom model whereby the instructor and students equally shared musical selections relevant to course curriculum. The instructor perceived students were more invested in the course. The professor-student dynamic also appeared to become more intimate due to both sharing music about which they were personally passionate. Further, the instructor’s inclusion of crime-specific songs from older musical genres appeared to disrupt students’ stereotypes associating crime with other genres and demographics. We offer a summary of the techniques for teaching a criminological theory course framed by instructor presentations of “outlaw” country music; guidance is also provided for utilizing other genres. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Stogner, J., Slate, R., Blankenship, C., & McKee, J. (2022). “Sing me back home:” Using country music to clarify criminological theory in undergraduate courses. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511253.2022.2058574 | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11416/642 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Criminology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Country music | en_US |
| dc.subject | College teaching | en_US |
| dc.title | “Sing me back home:” Using country music to clarify criminological theory in undergraduate courses | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Using country music to clarify criminological theory in undergraduate courses | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |