Watching Media Learning: Making Sense of Media Education.

Media education - from pedagogy to practice. Part 1 School knowledge, commonsense knowledge: stepping into the void - beginning classroom research in media education, David Buckingham, Pete Fraser, Netia Mayman how do teachers and students talk about television?, Pete Fraser. Part 2 Theory and practice: redefining creativity - extended project work in GCSE media studies, Roy Stafford playtime - learning about media institutions through practical work, Jenny Grahame. Part 3 Reading presentations: teaching and learning about representation - culture and "The Cosby Show" in a North London comprehensive, Julian Sefton-Green intervening in popular pleasures - media studies and the politics of subjectivity, Chris Richards. Part 4 Media education and the curriculum: implementing a media education across the curriculum policy, Jocelyn Robson, Jonathan Simmons and Martin Sohn-Rethel Teaching the text: media studies and english, Andy Freedman. Conclusion Making it explicit: towards a theory of media learning, David Buckingham.