Loughborough University
28 June 2012
This workshop is organised in association with the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) and the Media Education Association and is a Higher Education Academy discipline
workshop.
Media Studies is expanding both in higher
education and in schools. The number of universities offering Media Studies and
related courses tripled between 1996 and 2009, while student numbers at A-level
grew four-fold. This presents new opportunities and challenges for those who
are teaching the subject. Until recently, universities could safely assume that
only a minority of students would have studied the subject previously. This is
no longer the case: recent HEA research suggested that almost 50% of students
on Media Studies courses had taken the subject at A-level. Particularly in the
first year of an undergraduate course, some students will be encountering
material with which they are already very familiar, while others will be
engaging with it for the first time. Lecturers may be unfamiliar with the
requirements of A-level, while A-level teachers may know little about the
nature of university courses.
This event aims to generate a dialogue
between those teaching Media Studies and related subjects at A-level and at
undergraduate level. It will focus on continuities, overlaps and differences
between these two areas, in terms of both curriculum and teaching/learning
styles, and their implications for the student experience.
Speakers will include:
Pete Fraser – A-level chief examiner
Sarah Barrow – Lincoln University
Jenny Grahame – English and Media Centre
Keith Perera – Advanced Skills Teacher and
PGCE tutor, Sussex
Freddie Attenborough and Liz Stokoe – Loughborough
University
Kate O’Riordan – Sussex University
Courtesy of the Higher Education Academy,
attendance, lunch and refreshments are free. Places are limited, and will be
reserved on a first come, first served basis. To book, please e-mail Anne-Marie
Joyce: A.Joyce@lboro.ac.uk
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