This unit considers the link between education and culture, and the construction and understanding of education as a cultural manifestation and cultural product. To do this it explores the reporting of education in the news, education as entertainment, and education via the Internet. It considers notions of community, identity and culture; the idea of youth cultures; and the ways that culture shapes and is shaped by commercial interests. The unit also looks at film as one way that students (among others) draw on cultural material. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr David Saltmarsh
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in Education Studies or MEChild or PGDipEChild or PGCertEChild or MEd or MEdLead or PGDipEdLead or PGCertEdLead or PGDipEdS or PGCertEdS or MHEd or PGDipHEd or PGCertHEd or MSpecEd or PGDipSpecEd or PGCertSpecEd or MTeach(Birth to Five Yea
