EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Starting to Teach AL Media Studies
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Availability -
Places available
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Price - £265 per place
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Location - EMC, SE1 8QW
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Duration - 10-3.30pm
This course is for any teachers new to teaching A Level Media Studies. The day will cover the four key concepts of Media Studies: Representation, Media Language, Audience and Industry with a focus on the theoretical framework (set theories) and ways of going beyond the fact sheets to enthuse and engage your students. We will look at ways of using practical and collaborative tasks to deepen their understanding of key concepts and explore ways of applying theory to a range of media texts including some of those prescribed by the exam boards. It is suitable for non-subject specialists and teachers of all A Level exam boards.
NB: This is a repeat course.
How to get to the English and Media Centre, 44 Webber Street, London, SE1 8QW
Once you are on Webber Street, look out for the big gates and a sign saying CLPE. You’ll see EMC’s sign to the right of the entrance.
National Rail:
- Waterloo and Waterloo East are within 10 minutes walk
- London Blackfriars is a 10-15 minutes walk
Underground:
- Southwark on the Jubilee Line
- Waterloo on the Jubilee, Bakerloo, Waterloo & City and Northern Lines
Buses:
- The following bus routes go close to Webber Street: 1, 139, 168, 171, 172, 344
The course was very insightful and I enjoyed sharing ideas with other working professionals in the same position as myself. I took so many notes that I was able to share with my department and inspire some new, contemporary changes. Nadine Stride, Collyer's College, Starting to Teach AL Media Oct 2024
I found the event to be a fantastic help. It was a great atmosphere and the content was highly engaging. I left feeling like I had an array of new tools to use in my classes. Ben McLernan, Fakenham Academy, Starting to Teach AL Media 2023
A really positive experience – resources and activities were extremely useful, and the expertise of the presenters meant that it felt we were in very safe hands! Jude Slater, St Robert of Newminster Catholic School, Starting to Teach AL Media 2023
Claire Pollard
Claire Pollard is the advisory teacher for Media Studies at the English and Media Centre. She is the editor of MediaMagazine and the programme leader for the Goldsmiths Media and English PGCE working with trainees in schools all across London. Prior to working at the centre she taught English and Media Studies for 15 years in inner London schools, most of the time at Stepney All Saints in Tower Hamlets where she established Media as a new curriculum subject. She has been an examiner for GCSE English literature and a moderator for A Level Media Studies and has delivered CPD for OCR, the MEA and the BFI. Claire also contributed a chapter to Doing Text: Media After the Subject and she co-authored the second edition of Media Studies the Basics.
Christian Cottingham
Christian is Head of Media, Film and Politics at a secondary school in Crawley. A teacher for twenty years, he holds an MA in Multimedia Journalism and has also worked as an arts writer and in various roles for AQA and WJEC. He is committed to developing students’ media literacy and fascinated by the ongoing impact of new technologies.- Bookings for this course will close at 8am (London, UK) on Wednesday 4th June 2025 or when capacity is reached, whichever is the sooner.
- This course must be booked online.
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Cancellations and amendments
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- Our face-to-face courses are very interactive and cannot be live-streamed.