
|
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.