Albany Senior High School/Curriculum plans/Media Studies

= Curriculum Plan for ... =Media Studies

Vision
At Albany Senior High School


 * we nurture each other
 * we inspire each other
 * we empower each other

How will we contribute to the realisation of the school’s vision?


 * The Media is a powerful force in all our lives. In Media Studies, we explore, produce, critically analyse and enjoy media products and examine the relationship between the Media and society. Through this, we help empower one another to become critical and creative thinkers, ready to actively engage in our rapidly changing world.

Values

 * Excellence in all that we do.
 * Warm, mutually respectful relationships.
 * Families as part of our learning community.
 * Fairness, openness, honesty and trust.
 * Learning together and making decisions together.
 * Using evidence and reflection to make decisions.
 * Curiosity and enquiry, creativity and innovation.
 * Contributing to our local and global communities.
 * Protecting and enhancing the environment.
 * Diversity that enriches our learning community.

How will we affirm and promote the school’s values?


 * Promoting excellence in all we do through: keeping up with developments in the Media by participating as critical and informed consumers and producers of media products
 * Building warm and mutually respectful relationships through: listening to and respecting the views of others working effectively together to achieve our goals
 * Promoting families as part of our learning community through: drawing on relevant family experiences/expertise in different areas of media where possible
 * Promoting fairness, openness, honesty and trust through: understanding the underlying purposes of media products questioning the impacts of media ownership and control asking 'who is not being heard or seen?' and why this is
 * Learning together and making decisions together through: understanding of media issues collaborating in the production of media products
 * Using evidence and reflection to make decisions through: questioning and challenging assumptions exploring our own and others ideas about the media and its role Promoting curiosity and enquiry, creativity and innovation through: sharing our passion for the media and for learning in general making links between the media other areas eg literature, art putting knowledge into practice in making our own media products
 * Contributing to our local and global community through: links with media experts and relevant industries in the local and national community. examining local and global aspects of Media
 * Protecting and enhancing the environment through: awareness of Media's role in environmental issues
 * Promoting diversity that enriches our learning area through: by understanding the interconnected nature of media and our perceptions and beliefs exploring Media's treatment of diversity
 * Acknowledging the unique position of Maori as tangata whenua through: exploring representations of New Zealanders in the media incorporating Maori language where appropriate

Expectations
Expectations for teaching and learning including embedding ICTs

1. How will our teaching and learning meet the school’s expectations for 21st century pedagogy based on current research?

2. How will our assessment promote effective learning?

3. What does an effective 100-minute lesson look like?

Key competencies
How will we develop each of the key competencies in the learning area? How will we promote the split screen? These are a means and an end.

Curriculum design
What do we want our students to learn and/or develop?

Quality assurance
How will we ensure that standards are transparent, clear, reliable, valid and fair?

Self review
What data will we collect and how will we use it?