Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Education Honours
School
School of Education
Faculty
Faculty of Education
Abstract
This study seeks to examine Raymond Williams' concern with media education and its relevance to contemporary curriculum in Western Australia. By means of a critical study of specific texts of Williams, it was intended to explore the possibility of refining the Western Australian Media Studies syllabuses from a cultural materialist perspective. Williams' writings lead to the conclusion that media education should be more specifically related to popular culture. The cultural materialist approach enables and encourages a close link between the Western Australian Media Studies syllabuses and students' own cultural experiences. Cultural materialism recognises that culture and society are in a state of constant change and that this should be reflected in the continual reviewing of syllabus practices and content. The lesson of Raymond Williams is that it is time for some change: cultural materialism provides an appropriate theoretical framework to refine and restructure media education in Western Australia.
Recommended Citation
McRitchie, D. I. (1995). Cultural materialism and the teaching of media : The lesson of Raymond Williams. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/709