Becta video transcript
Digital creativity and 'hard to reach' learners
Challenging perceptions
Muntham House School
Richard Boyle, Principal:
One of the reasons that we push media in particular in this school is to challenge the news, is to challenge Eastenders, is to challenge the way that the world is shown in our school. And we are a pretty much a counter cultural school anyway, we take that on, and I guess the best way to do that is to meet the media in its own terms. And hopefully the children will be able to understand how the media works, how it can be created, they can create various truths, rather than the truth, and the kids need to understand that. And it’s very important for us not to have automatons within our schools, to have kids who are prepared to challenge the perceptions of things. But still the best reason for doing this is to see how it enhances the relationships between staff and pupils.