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tion, now concerned only with determining policy in visual education, and the Educational Foundation for Visual Aids, which handles the supply and distribution of all materials and equipment, plus information and maintenance facilities.
Although independent of each other, both organisations work in close liaison, and both are in constant touch with the Ministry of Education and with various trade and educational bodies.
The actual production of the majority of educational films is still in the hands of private producers, but they are now working in close co-operation with the Ministry of Education. Many of these producers were pioneers of instructional films at a time when Movies were a nine days' wonder and not to be taken seriously, but to-day their productions are eagerly awaited by teachers throughout the world.
Production is steadily increasing, but with their introduction in the schools it has been found necessary to evolve new methods in teacher technique, and of immediate interest are the recommendations recently made by the new National Committee — recommendations which strongly hint that the teacher must now fit himself for handling the new material.
Using the Tools
So now the teacher must learn; learn not only the mechanics of visual aids but also how to apply those aids. They are the new tools of education — they supplement the teacher, but do not supplant him. What shall he do to get the best results from the new material, and who shall teach him the correct methods for their application?
The answer, of course, can only be provided by experience and experiment.
There are no set rules to follow, no well-established procedure, nothing in fact, save a few recommendations and suggestions made by those whose experience is limited by their choice of equipment. But then, nobody can experiment with equipment which is not available, and nobody can tell us how to use the equipment now being planned for future use.
We are told that 2" slides may be the Standard slides of tomorrow, chiefly because they are readily prepared from filmstrips and the latter are easily mass-produced.
In spite of this, however, the author believes that the 3£"
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