Media Studies is part of the curricular group -Performing Arts.
The Curriculum Leader for this group of subjects is Miss A MacLeod and Media Studies is taught by Miss K Dunlop
Courses
- the subject can be chosen when S2 select their options for S3-4
- pupils sit National 5 (or 4) at the end of S4
- pupils then progress to Higher (or Nat 5, as appropriate) in S5 or S6
- all courses satisfy the four capacities of the Curriculum for Excellence
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Aims & Objectives
‘We must prepare young people for living in a world of powerful images, words and sounds.’
UNESCO, 1982
Media Studies is a demanding subject with analytical and practical production elements. It gives learners opportunities to develop a range of skills that help learning across all subjects: skills for the workplace and for life.
Curriculum for Excellence
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