Re GCSE Media Studies, this is from the DfE Aims and Objectives: • demonstrate skills of enquiry, critical thinking, decision-making and analysis • acquire knowledge and understanding of a range of important media issues • develop appreciation and critical understanding of the media and their role both historically and currently in society, culture and politics • understand and apply specialist subject-specific terminology to analyse and compare media products and the contexts in which they are produced and consumed in order to make informed arguments, reach substantiated judgements and draw conclusions about media issues • appreciate how theoretical understanding supports practice and practice supports theoretical understanding • develop practical skills by providing opportunities for creative media production
Okay, possibly not necessarily the last, but pretty useful stuff, the rest of it, really? If nothing else, in terms of sorting the wheat from the chaff wrt what we are being 'sold' by all kinds of sources.
DD was going to do GCSE Media Studies, but in the end, changed her mind and chose Drama for that 'slot' onstead.
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