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Finnish envy

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A coherent new government report from Finland shows how media literacy policy should be done.

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This entry was posted in Education, media education, Media literacy, Policy and tagged Finland, KAVI, mediakasvatus, Pasi Sahlberg, Reijo Kupiainen, Sara Sintonen, Sirkku Kotilainen, Tapio Varis on July 15, 2020 by dbuckingham2015.

Navigating the Infodemic, Part Two

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Information Literacy, Politics and Public Knowledge in the Time of Covid-19

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This entry was posted in bias, fake news, health communication, Information literacy, journalism, politics, Public knowledge and tagged Boris Johnson, Covid-19, Dominic Cummings, Michael Gove, Richard Horton on July 1, 2020 by dbuckingham2015.

Navigating the Infodemic, Part One

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Media and Misinformation in the Time of Covid-19

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This entry was posted in bias, fake news, Information literacy, journalism, media education, Media literacy, news, newspapers, op ed, politics and tagged Boris Johnson, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump, Laura Kuenssberg, misinformation on June 29, 2020 by dbuckingham2015.

Cultural Studies and the evasion of education

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A postscript to my blogs about Raymond Williams: what happened to the educational dimensions of Cultural Studies?

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This entry was posted in Cultural Studies, Education, media education, pedagogy, politics and tagged adult education, Andrew Hickey, Birmingham, CCCS, Graeme Turner, Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall, Tom Steele on February 8, 2020 by dbuckingham2015.

Raymond Williams on Culture and Education 3: Communications

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Revisiting three key texts from sixty years ago: what do they have to say to us today?

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This entry was posted in criticism, Cultural Studies, English, Literature, media education, media reform, Media regulation, Media Studies, media theory, Policy and tagged BBC, Communications, Michael Gove, Raymond Williams on December 18, 2019 by dbuckingham2015.

Raymond Williams on Culture and Education 2: The Long Revolution

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Revisiting three key texts from sixty years ago: what do they have to say to us today?

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This entry was posted in Creativity, criticism, Cultural Studies, Education, English, Literature, Media Studies, media theory and tagged Ken Jones, Long Revolution, National Education Service, Raymond Williams on December 3, 2019 by dbuckingham2015.

Raymond Williams on culture and education 1: ‘Culture and Society 1780-1950’

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Revisiting three key texts, published sixty years ago. What do they have to say to us today?

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This entry was posted in criticism, Cultural Studies, Education, English, Literature and tagged Culture and Society, F.R. Leavis, Matthew Arnold, Michael Gove, Raymond Williams on November 22, 2019 by dbuckingham2015.

What are children’s media rights?

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Three decades on from the UN Convention, what does it mean to talk about children’s rights in relation to media?

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This entry was posted in Childhood, Children Youth and Media, Digital media, internet safety, media effects, Media literacy, Media regulation, Policy, social media and tagged 5Rights, children's rights, iRights, United Nations on November 8, 2019 by dbuckingham2015.

Learning jazz – an amateur view

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Some personal reflections on informal learning and everyday creativity, based on my own experience of learning jazz

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This entry was posted in Creativity, Education, music and tagged amateur creativity, informal learning, jazz on October 18, 2019 by dbuckingham2015.

Rewriting education: the legacy of Michael Gove

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In light of a new biography, I revisit the policies and philosophy of the UK’s most influential education minister of recent times.

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This entry was posted in Education, Policy, politics, teachers and tagged Brexit, Dominic Cummings, Michael Gove, Neo-conservatism, Neo-liberalism, Nick Gibb, Owen Bennett on August 14, 2019 by dbuckingham2015.

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