Merging pedagogies and converging media: Classical meets critical in the digital age

This article places disparate voices in productive conversation concerning pedagogical reform in the era of media convergence. I argue that despite ideological differences, the language arts curriculum of classical schooling is consonant in motivation and technique with the media literacy skills of critical cultural studies. By reading the classically rooted works of Dorothy Sayers, Sr Miriam Joseph and Marshall McLuhan across the critical theories of Douglas Kellner, Jeff Share and Paulo Freire, I identify points of confluence that make such a separation lamentable, as well as illustrate how a coordinated curriculum can work to further the interests of all concerned regardless of ideology.