ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the outcomes of two research enquiries, separated by starting point and geographical context but linked by broader questions of what it is to be media literate, and how research-informed teaching can combine critical thinking, craft sensibility and entrepreneurial aptitude, both investigations lead to consideration of the media literate 'mindset'. It begins with Scotland, where the higher education system is different to that of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The chapter then moves to South Africa, to account for a photography-teaching journey as a process of radical transformation. This transformation traversed the complete opposites of political governance in South Africa, phenomenal technological advances in photographic imaging technology, and the current socio-economic hurdles of unemployment, poverty and seemingly irreversible health-related challenges. Literature in the field suggests that creative entrepreneurship education can be achieved by collaboration between higher education and industry for greater experiential learning or by embedding entrepreneurship as an underpinning theme in the creative curriculum.
