Roy Stafford examines how genre can be applied in teaching about
non-film texts Some suggestions for how to approach the issues
of globalisation and hybridity in the media classroom Primary
and Secondary students can benefit from making their own media
production. Tom Barrance outlines some ground rules to make the
project easier and more rewarding for you and your students.
Texts from the English literary canon are often seen as ‘pure’
literature, as opposed to media texts which are a (necessarily,
or potentially) bad influence against which students should be
defended. Rob Watling describes a project which shows how you
can find time for media education at Key Stage 1 by combining it
with other classroom activities. Rob Watling describes how a
project which aimed to help young people ‘raise their voice’
also raised some issues about practical media work Matt Baker
reports on a Creative Partnerships project in Manchester and
Salford Primary schools. As an English and Media Studies teacher
at a secondary scho