Exploring the nationalistic political agenda of ‘traditionalism’ in education.
Category Archives: pedagogy
‘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?
Cultural Studies and the evasion of education
A postscript to my blogs about Raymond Williams: what happened to the educational dimensions of Cultural Studies?
Ticking the boxes: what’s wrong with set texts
In the wake of government reforms, it’s now examiners who choose the texts that UK media students will study – not their teachers, or students themselves. What are the consequences for teaching and learning?
David Buckingham 