The Class : Living and Learning in the Digital Age - Julian Sefton-Green - University of South Australia 2017

 

This presentation draws on a year – long ethnography into the ‘learning lives’ of 13-14 year olds in London. Focusing on the everyday and routine uses of media in the home, the talk describes how learning is constructed, mediated and enacted showing how different families adopt and use folk ‘theories of learning’, and how such theories relate to dominant discourses around learning in school.

Julian Sefton-Green is an independent scholar working in Education and the Cultural and Creative Industries. He is currently Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Media & Communication, London School of Economics & Political Science and an associate research professor at the University of Oslo working on projects exploring learning and learner identity across formal and informal domains. He has worked as an Associate Research Professor at the University of South Australia, where he was developing a city-wide initiative to imagine and implement new kinds of spaces for learning.

He has researched and written widely on many aspects of media education, new technologies, creativity, digital cultures and informal learning and has authored, co-authored or edited 12 volumes. He has directed research projects for the Arts Council of England, the British Film Institute, the London Development Agency, Creative Partnerships and Nominet Trust and has spoken at a number of conferences around the world.

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