Conventions of a College Magazine Front Cover

• Title - "Secondary Teachers" highlights the subject of the magazine (i.e. secondary schoolign and the topics which will interest the teachers) and it also highlights the target audience of the magazine (teachers).
• Secondary Headline - "Do boys and girls learn differently?" shows oen of the main issues raised in the magazine and phrased as a question to make the reader think about it before even opening the magazine. Most likely a teacher in a secondary school will have had the issue raised of boys, girls and their differences in learning before, so the fact that it is in the question will interest them and make them want to read even more so.
• Date - Shows when the magazine was released and is useful for knowing if the stories in the magazine are relevant for the current time (an issue raised may not even be relevant the next month).
• Photograph of 'Model' student(s) - Holds connotations of good teaching in the fact that the student is enthusiastic and confident; it would make teachers believe that taking into account what the magazine has to say would help make their students as enthusiastic and apparently wel-behave as the one shown in the picture. It will entice them into buying and actually reading what the magazine has to say.
• Relevance to Target Audience: A magazine aimed at College students will be more likely to involve a lot more relevant headline subjects (i.e. things which can actually be related to the younger people, so not subjects like "Do boys and girls learn differently"), or they would convey a similar subject but in a way which would relate to the younger people (such as "Boys and girls: who learns better?" - it would bring out the competitive nature of some younger people). Even the pictures used would be given more of a modern feel so that they appeal more to the younger people and seem less boring. A magazine aimed at teachers does not need to do this, as being teachers, chances are they will already have an interest in many of the subjects raised in "Secondary Teachers" Magazine, as it relates directly to their careers and is therefore very relevant to them.