Doing Theory on Education

Dr Andy Cramp is an honorary research fellow at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has worked in a range of education settings across sectors, starting his teaching career as a lecturer at Loughborough University. After training as a secondary school teacher he taught English in a public secondary school in Tanzania and later in London colleges in Brixton, Hackney and Harrow. After 15 years in further education he moved back into the university sector. Julian McDougall is Professor of Media and Education and Head of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice at Bournemouth University, UK. He is editor of Media Practice and Education, runs a doctoral programme in Creative and Media Education and convenes the annual International Media Education Summit. He is author of a wide range of books, articles, research reports and chapters in the fields of education, media, literacy and cultural studies.

• 1: Class, Disadvantage and Hope: The Bullingdon v The ‘Bog Standard’ 2: Questions of Knowledge: What Counts in Education? Physics vs Media Studies 3: Learning Theory and Pedagogy 4: The Problem of Testing: "Testing, testing 1, 2, 3" v Vygotsky 5: The importance of leadership? The Apprentice vs The Co-Op? 6: Ways of being in education: The Ministry of Soundbites v The Hidden Curriculum