How the city’s youth arts provision is being undermined by privatisation.
‘Powerful knowledge’, Media Studies and technology
What are the problems with theories of ‘powerful knowledge’, and how might they apply to teaching about (and with) media and technology?
The changing currency of ‘cultural capital’
The English schools inspectors are apparently looking for schools to teach ‘cultural capital’. But what does cultural capital mean, and how is it changing?
Do children need ‘smart homes’?
Companies are increasingly interested in selling technologies that will create ‘smart homes’. But what are the implications for children and their parents?
Revisiting ‘Popular Culture and Personal Responsibility’
Revisiting a key moment in the early history of media education in the UK, and its legacy in print..
Decolonising the curriculum… again?
The call to ‘decolonise the curriculum’ isn’t new. But why does it seem that so little progress been made?
Finnish envy
A coherent new government report from Finland shows how media literacy policy should be done.
Navigating the Infodemic, Part Two
Navigating the Infodemic, Part One
Cultural Studies and the evasion of education
A postscript to my blogs about Raymond Williams: what happened to the educational dimensions of Cultural Studies?
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