Textual Analysis of "Secondary Teachers Magazine"

This is a magazine which is aimed at teachers of secondary school. It's purpose is to give out information about teaching and secondary school in general. The main front cover of the magazine in the boy sitting in class whilst the picture of the girl is what is show on the back of the magazine but when opened fully they follow on from one another.

On the front page it shows a boy in full uniform who looks between the age of 14-16. He is looking to answer a question which shows his eagerness to succeed however this is quite misleading because a lot of secondary school students don't share the same eagerness he does. The uniform he is wearing shows his smartness and loyalty towards his school. This is also the same as the girls picture as they both look the same age and are both in the same uniform. When looking at both pictures when the magazine is fully opened, it looks like the girl is looking at the boy putting his hand up which shows she is interested in what the boy has to say. However, the pictures don't really look like they have been taken in a class, they look very professional due to the fact it's just a white background with there bodies pulling a pose.

The setting of both the pages are exactly the same apart from the "plus free student cook books" part is in a different place from one another along with the " Do boys and girls learn differently" which is also in a different position. Other than that the page layout is the same with both picture being positioned centrally to show the reader the meaning behind the magazine, to show it's about student learning at secondary schools. The words "Secondary Teachers" has the boys hand covering part of Secondary this could be due to that because they have had several issues of the magazine out, many people will know the name already so they are able to expand a picture over the text. There is a little amount of text used on both pages however, the text is the same on both back and front pages. But the text saying "Do boys and girls learn differently" is pink on the girl page and blue on the boys page which could be seen as sexist by saying only girls like pink and vice versa however, this could be just a mix of two colours as the word "plus" is used in pink on the boys and blue on the girls which could maybe be seen as fighting sexism by showing boys could like pink and girls like blue. The three sections at the top with bits of text are you on the front and back which show consistency and are there to give a quick insight into some information which can be seen in the magazine. Also the bottom of the pages states their website and the date the magazine came out which is used on the front and back of the magazine again, this could be always there so that people who often read this magazine will always know where to find the website and the issue date.

The language used in this piece of media text, is the whole layout structure, the pictures of the boy and girl, the masthead of "Secondary Teachers", the headlines "Do boys and girls learn differently" and all the text used throughout the pages.

The institution of the magazine is teachernet who produce the magazine and give information for the teachers.

The ideology is the ideas behind the text and in this case it is the information about secondary schools and the way it's presented in the magazine, with all different information.

The audience is for the teachers of any secondary school who will be consuming the text and also could be anyone associated with the secondary school.

The representation on the magazine is the people used for the pictures and the objects in the picture such as the books and pens, and shows the kids on the front as happy and eager to learn.