Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion pictures for instruction
Date:
1926
Publisher:
New York, The Century Co
Volume:
Motion pictures for instruction (1926)
Leaf #:
00047
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures in education
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"A selected bibliography": p. 433-435; "Important educational filmlists" : p. 435-438
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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EDUCATIONAL FILMS— TYPES AND USES 15 and a high school graduate, but the treatment will be entirely different. For instance, in "The Oregon Course of Study Illustrated, " the films, "Having a Circus 99 and "Starting in Life" are listed for second grade geography and also for high school biology. "Motion Pictures," says Professor Freeman in Visual Education, "should be so designed as to furnish to the teacher otherwise inaccessible raw material of instruction, but should leave the organization of the complete teaching unit largely to the teacher. The explanation, discussion or elaboration of the material which is shown in the film is a function of language. Language can be used fully as effectively, if not more effectively, by the teacher as by the film. Furthermore, the class should take a large share in the discussion. The reduction of the motion picture to its essential core will promote both economy and flexibility." However, in a large way, certain pictures are better adapted to fifth grade children, than to college juniors, and these rough gradations are sometimes indicated. They are, however, only suggestive, as the teacher's treatment of the picture will be the main factor in reference to the grade with which it may be used. The teacher's leaflets accompanying many of the films, and the encyclopedias and the supplementary texts in the library, will furnish the additional supplementary material for interpretation and study. It is evident that the particular day, week and month when a film should be used cannot be designated in a general schedule, as the various cities in the United