Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

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A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Only recent books and pamphlets are mentioned) Barnes, Burton — Course of Study in Visual Education. 246 pp., Board of Education Detroit, Mich. 1926. The latest and "best presentation of the subject. The Educational Screen says of it: "It should serve as a model of achievement to any other city that has not yet attained a systematic basis for this allimportant phase of modern teaching." Dickinson, Sherman — Visual Education for Teachens of Agriculture. 66 pp.. University of Missouri Bulletin, October 10th, 1925. Vol. 26, No. 29. Dorris, Anna V. — The Visual Instruction in the Berkeley Schools. 112 pp., Educational Screen, Inc., Chicago, 1923. A compendium of information relating to all types of visual aids, useful in school subjects with some hints on how to use the material. A valuable monograph. Ellis, Don C, and Thornborough, Laura — Motion Pictures on Education. 275 pp., Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York, 1923. Discusses educational films and their use as well as practical information regarding motion picture projectors. One of the latest and best books on this subject. Freeman, Frank N. and collaborators — Visual Education. 388 pp., University of Chicago Press, 1924. The most elaborate record on the experimental phases of the educational motion pictures yet made; published with the aid of a grant from the Commonwealth Fund. Reports of experiments by McClusky, F.C.— James— Reeder— Hollis— Hoefer— Keith— McClusky, H.Y.— Rolfe — Shaw — Walker — Beglinger and Thomas. 433