Rap music videos in the Global Science Opera – towards a teaching design
Master thesis
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This thesis aims to present a research-based educational method and design for using
rap and hip hop in transdisciplinary science and arts rap music video (RMV) projects in
the classroom within the context of the Global Science Opera (GSO). Building on
theories of the GSO pedagogy, hip-hop-pedagogies, and theories of creativity in
education, suggested guidelines of GSO RMV have been developed through the
implementation of 10 RMV projects in the same teaching environment. 4 of these have
been implemented in the context of the annual participation of the online GSO
production. As a suggested signature pedagogy, GSO offers a transdisciplinary
approach to teaching science through art activities. This study suggests expanding the
creative activities in the GSO pedagogy to include a teaching design of RMV projects,
as proposed in this thesis, through research on GSO RMV practices.
A structure of an RMV teaching design has been inspired by, developed, and mapped
through a retrospective Educational Design Research process, with an emphasis on the
lyrics production of the RVM projects. In this qualitative study, conjecture mapping has
been used to build an analytical framework for systemising the data collected through
the three EDR phases, concretising the high-level conjectures, embodiments, and
mediating processes involved to achieve the preferred outcomes of the iterations.
Through the iterations of the study, a teaching design emerged and was proposed as
suggested GSO RMV guidelines consisting of the four design thinking phases (Feel,
Imagine, Create, Share) of the GSO pedagogy, a 5-step locally developed RMV model
and a 5-step model of inquiry-based activities to developing RMV projects inside or
outside of the GSO context.
This study’s findings may contribute to future research on using RMV projects in a
GSO context or as a teaching design used in a different educational context.