Healthy Democracy

What Grey’s Anatomy Teaches Audience Members about Deserving Patients and Good Citizens
  • Kaela Jubas
  • Dawn Johnston
  • Angie Chiang
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Part of the Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action book series (CKCS)

Abstract

In this chapter, we discuss a project exploring how popular culture functions pedagogically among adult audiences about social policy debates in Western Canada. Contrary to the view of pop culture as merely trivial and mindless, we believe that it can extend opportunities for reflection and learning of self and others.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kaela Jubas
    • 1
  • Dawn Johnston
    • 2
  • Angie Chiang
    • 3
  1. 1.Werklund School of EducationUniversity of CalgaryCanada
  2. 2.Werklund School of EducationFaculty of ArtsCanada
  3. 3.Werklund School of EducationFaculty of ArtsCanada

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