{"id":1134,"date":"2025-12-10T17:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/the-simpsons-in-higher-education\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T17:14:02","slug":"the-simpsons-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/the-simpsons-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simpsons in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Volume:<\/strong> 2<br \/>\n<strong>Issue: <\/strong>3<br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Author(s):<\/strong> Ian James Turner University of Derby, Cristina Helen Plant University of Derby<\/p>\n<p>Popular culture if effectively applied can be a powerful aid to learning, increasing student engagement, understanding and enjoyment. The use of popular culture in Higher Education is under explored, using the animated US TV show The Simpsons as a case study the benefits and limitations of this medium are discussed. The Simpsons has been used in a range of Higher Education settings from the humanities to the sciences for contextualising theories and concepts. The Simpsons use is examined in a range of subjects and new uses are presented, both illustrate the shows value in enhancing the learning and teaching experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Simpsons_in_Higher.doc\">The_Simpsons_in_Higher.doc<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_Simpsons_in_Higher.pdf\">The_Simpsons_in_Higher.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Year: 2016 Author(s): Ian James Turner University of Derby, Cristina Helen Plant University of Derby Popular culture if effectively applied can be a powerful aid to learning, increasing student engagement, understanding and enjoyment. The use of popular culture in Higher Education is under explored, using the animated US TV show The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.staffs.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}