Senior lecturer in education School of Culture, Language and Communication Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way UK-London WC1 HOAL Phone +44 207 6126512 Fax +44 207 6126534 Email: r.ferguson@ioe.ac.uk

Position

Course Leader MA Media, Culture and Communication

Professional and Academic Experience (Main)

• 1965-66: Teacher of Art, West Norwood Secondary Modern School for Girls, London
• 1966-68: Research Fellowship in 'Film in Education', Hornsey College of Art, Department of Film, Alexandra Palace
• 1968-69: Film Editor and Sound Recordist with 'Roll Film', Tel Aviv, Israel
• 1969-72: Lecturer in Education with special reference to the Teaching of Art, Hornsey College of Art, Teacher Training Department
• 1972-84: Senior Lecturer in Education and Head of Department Of Educational Media, University of London, Institute of Education
  Became a Recognised Teacher of the University of London
• 1984-94: Head of Media Studies, Joint Department of English and Media Studies, and Academic Head of Department of Educational Media (Services), University of London, Institute of Education
• 1988-91: Chairperson of the Joint Department of English and Media Studies. (Elected position)
• 1994-97: Course Leader, MA Media and Cultural Studies Programme.
• 1997-99: Chair of the Academic Board of the Institute of Education

Broadcasting and Related Experience

• 1971 Co-author, Proposal for a National Audio-Visual Programme for Medical Education, Israel
• 1972 Scriptwriter and presenter, Film Makers' Forum, ILEA Television Service (ten programmes)
• 1983 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'. Introductory script for Libyan Television 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Introductory script for Libyan Television
• 1985 Co-researcher and participant, 'The Black and White Media Show', part 1, BBC
• 1986 Contributor, '16 Up', BBC (Programme concerned with 'race')
• 1986 Contributor. 'Red Herrings', BBC
• 1986 Feature interview, RTE Arts Programme, 'Slants'. This interview was concerned with my research on television representations of Ireland
• 1986 Consultant and contributor, 'Inside Television' (2 programmes), BBC Schools Television
  Consultant and contributor to 'The Black and White Media Show', part 2, BBC.
• 1989 Commissioned by Channel 4 as writer/director of 50 minute documentary on the life and work of Abraham Polonsky entitled "The Most Dangerous Man in America."

Selected Publications

• Ferguson, R. Group Film Making . London: Studio Vista, 1969.
• Ferguson, B. 'Media Education: discussion or analysis?' Screen Education 25 (1977): 37-47.
• Ferguson, B. 'Practical Work and Pedagogy.' Screen Education 38, no. Spring 1981 (1981): 42-55.
• Ferguson, B. Television on History: representations of Ireland , 1985.
• Ferguson, R. 'Black Blue Peter' in Television Mythologies , edited by Len Masterman, London: Comedia.
• Ferguson, B. 'Children's Television: The germination of ideology.' In TV and Schooling , edited by Phillip Drummond and David Lusted, 47-52. London: BFI/Institute of Education, 1985.
• Ferguson, B. 'What is Media Education For?' In Media Matters in South Africa , edited by Jeanne Prinsloo and Costas Criticos, 19-24. Durban: Media Resource Centre, Department of Education, University of Natal, 1991.
• Ferguson, B. 'The necessity of theory in media education.' In Media Matters in South Africa , edited by Jeanne Prinsloo and Costas Criticos, 74-82. Durban: Media Resource Centre, Department of Education, University of Natal, 1991.
• Ferguson, R. 'Trends in Conservation Education and Training: War of Words or Words of War?' Museum Management and Curatorship 11 (1992): 411-418.
• Ferguson, R. 'Unicef and representations of children.' , 1992.
• Ferguson, R. 'Mass Media, sviluppo, educazione.' Il Mondodomani 1993, 17-28.
• Ferguson, R. 'Debates about media education and media studies in the UK: the sound of silence?' Critical Arts 8, no. 1 (1994): 3-16.
• Ferguson, R. 'Education, Training, Culture and Communication: Some problems in developing pedagogies for the formation of conservators.' 'Quelle Restauration!', Italy: Villa Manin di Passariano 1994.
• Ferguson, R. 'Race, Gender and a Touch of Class.' In Teaching Art andDesign ,edited by Roy Prentice, 50-64. London: Cassell, 1995.
• Ferguson, R. 'On Prodding Sleeping Dogs: introducing ideology.' Journal of European Studies xxv (1995): 303-311.
• Ferguson, R. 'Reading the Riot Act: Oprah Winfrey in Los Angeles.' Changing English 2, no. 2 (1995): 53-76.
• Ferguson, R. '2000.' Continuum 9, no. 2 (1996): 58-72.
• Ferguson, R. 'Racism and the mass media: struggling with normality.' In Violence: nationalism, racism, xenophobia , edited by B. DIECKMANN, WULF, C., and WIMMER, M., 159-170. Munster: Waxmann, 1997.
• Ferguson, R. 'Representing "Race": Ideology, Identity and the Media', London: Edward Arnold (1998)
• Ferguson, R. 'Educacion en medios de comunicacion: desarollo de una pedagogia adecuada.' (1998) British Council: Buenos Aires
• Ferguson, R. 'Children, Ethnic Conflict and the Media', Official Report for Unicef (1998)
• Ferguson, R. 'Educacion para los medios, multicuturidad, democracia' in Gutierrez Martin, A. (Ed) 'Formacion del Profesorado en la Sociedad de la Informacion', Universidad de Valladolid: Segovia.
• Ferguson, R. El Interculturalismo Global y los Dilemas del Universalismo: Educado en Medios despues del 2000', Dialogos, Vol 52, August 1998
• Ferguson, R. (1999) ?The Mass Media and the Education of Students in a Democracy: Some Issues to Consider, The Social Studies , Volume 90, number 6, pages 257-262, ISSN- 0037-7996
• Ferguson, R. & Morduchowicz, R. (2000) Representado al Otro , Buenos Aires: British Council/ADIRA (ISBN987 96081 2 7)
• Ferguson, R. (2000)'The potential role of the mass media in deconstructing racism', Media Development , Vol XLVII 2/2000, pages 20-23 issn 0143-5558
• Ferguson, R. (2001) 'Media Education and the Development of Critical Solidarity', Media Education Journal Issue 30 (autumn 01) pages 37- 44. ISSN 0268-1951

Current Research

The Hollywood Blacklist and the representation of history on television.