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Can we learn from Oprah?!

Posted by John Naples-Campbell on 9th January 2011

Found this amazing article on BBC News re Arts in todays Curriculum… click HERE to read it

This article made me think about the impact of popular culture in our classrooms. Looking at the Sugababes inspirational video Ugly (below) or Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful (also below) or even Katy Perry’s latest song ‘Firework’ (also below) we are educated to believe in ourselves, who we are and respect those around us. Each video is about acceptance and tolerance and giving global citizenship issues an awareness. The art subjects… we rock…

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