Research

The Federation has a strong record of involvement in research, and has a close association with the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, at the Institute of Education, London University.

This page contains links and resources relating to media education research projects in which the Parkside Federation is currently involved.

Developing Media Literacy: towards a model of learning progression

Students and teachers from the Federation and from partner primary schools are collaborating with the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, at the Institute of Education, London University, and Addington High School, Croydon, in a three year research project to develop a model of learning progression in media education.

This model will seek to specify what children of different ages might be expected to understand about media; and how their learning could develop over time, and in the course of a sequence of learning activities. The research will begin by developing a working definition of media literacy, and will then test and further develop this in the light of classroom experiences.

You can read more about the project here.

Resources for teachers involved in the project

Making Games: Developing games authoring software for educational and creative use

Students and teachers from the Federation collaborated with the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media, at the Institute of Education, London University and Immersive Education, to develop the Missionmaker educational games-authoring software

You can read more about this research, and about the extensive media coverage of the project, here.

You can see examples of students' games, and find out more about how the software is used at the Federation, here.