Posted by Juan Non-Volokh:
Pop Culture & Exams:
On the subject of [1]inserting pop culture references into exams and
other academic material, noted libertarian author [2]Tibor Machan, who
teaches business ethics at Chapman University, writes:
Although I do not know enough pop culture to reference it
routinely, I wish I did. At 65 I need every pedagogical device
available to connect with my students. Fortunately, I am cool
enough as is but in part it comes from being familiar with their
lives through my 20, 25 and 26 year old kids. When one teaches not
at the elite places where students have been prepped to be involved
since their crib days, it is desirable to find some way to motivate
them, to show them the stuff you are teaching is not unrelated to
their lives. Ergo, I assume, the pop references.
No doubt this is one reason some professors do it.
References
1. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2004_12_14.shtml#1103467626
2. http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/machan.html
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