Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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EDUCATIONAL FILMS— TYPES AND USES 7 text film does more than the illustration in a book, as it compels attention to pictures and the text relating to it, in a manner impossible to books. On the other hand, it cannot be so easily and repeatedly consulted as the textbook picture. Trivial Use of Pictures Miss Edith Putnam Parker and Mr. Barrows have called attention in a new geographical series (Silver, Burdett & Co.) to the almost trivial use that is usually made of pictures in a text. The pictures in a text are not studied ; they are glanced at, and almost instantly abandoned for the real study material in the text itself. Whereas Miss Parker and Mr. Barrows have shown that the picture is as much a proper subject of serious study as the text. It should be accompanied with directions, notes, questions and "layout" commensurate with its importance. The picture has undoubtedly gained a new importance generally from the motion picture version; and though the frequent banalities of the theatre screen cast some doubt on the importance of pictures to the mental life, we know this is not the fault of the medium, but of the box office. Three Film Libraries for the Curriculum In Chapter II, three short film libraries using classroom or text films are outlined for use with a typical American school course of study. They are the results of years of investigation and trial. Most of the