The educational screen (c1922-c1956])

Kansas City, thh January, 194} Page 29 The author first discusses the "why" of using motion pic- tures and declares that Observation-|-Participation-|-Appli- cationr=Learning for "Keeps." Then comes the "how" of teaching procedures to develop these functions. The rightly made film can do much to help; the teacher can do vastly more. "A great opportunity for the educator lies in the fact that he can build excellent teaching tech- niques into instructional films." The little book is full of concrete suggestions for better film-production and better teaching procedure. A multiplicity of short paragraphs and epigrammatic sentences make not only for fast reading but fruitful re- flection. It is more provocative than txpositional, low in word-count but high in fertile suggcstiveness. There may be those who will find the brochure too terse, too uncon- ventional, with "more cleverness than substance." But it is intended as a stimulus rather than a detailed manual of procedure, it is perhaps a "percussion cap" for the read- er's powder charge." \. L. G. SOURCES OF INFORMATION Bibliography of Motion Pictures for Vocational and Tech- nical Schools —Compiled by Gilbert G. Weaver, Super- visor of Industrial Teacher-Training. State Education Department, Albany, N. Y.—The Hamilton Co., 225 Lafayette St., New York, N. Y. 329 pp. (8' .xll) mimeo. 1942. $2.50. The compilation is a helpful supplement to tlie bulletin, Prac- tical Hints for the Use of Motion Picture Films in Vocational and Technical Education, reviewed in this column in the Xovembtr issue. Its 2000 listings include motion pictures, film- strips and standard lantern slides. The field of vocational and technical education has been broadly interpreted to include such topics as: Aeronautics, Agriculture, Automotive In- dustry, Ceramic Industry, Chemical Industry, Clothing and Textiles, Construction and Building, Education, Elec- trical Industry, Food Industry, Fur and Leather Industries, Lumber and Lumber Products, Manufacturing, Materials of Industry and Engineering. Mining, Photography, Power Pro- duction, Printing and -Mlied Industries, Rubber Products, Safety, Sanitation and Health, Science and Technology, Sell- ing and Distributing, Transportation. About 250 pages of the volume are devoted to listings of motion pictures; the re- mainder of the book lists slides and filmstrips. There are brief annotations for each title, but no attcmm at evaluation. Resource Units for Teachers in Pre-Flight Aeronautics — Prepared by the Workshop in Pre-Flight Aeronautics, University of Minn., Summer, 1942—Burgess Publish- ing Co., 426 So. Sixth St., Minneapolis, Minn. 78 p. mimeo. $1.25. The materials included in this bulletin were assembled and tried by the sixty teachers and school administrators in the pre-flight aeronautics for secondary schools workshop during the summer session of 1942. Many of the materials and the suggested procedures were used with the high school students at the University High School. ."Kviation has been divided into: social studies aspects, aerodynamics, engines, navigation and meteorology. For each of these topics the editors have prepared very helpful statements of content and method, together with a biblio- graphy of (a) books and pamphlets, (b) articles, and (c) films, filmstrips and maps. The film titles are very new, including official Signal Corps subjects and others. Visual Aids for Pre-Flight Aeronautics Education— (In Pre-Flight .'Aeronautics in Secoiidarv Schools, Leaflet No. 63, U. S. Office of Education, 1942, p. 39-42) Includes maps, pamphlets, films and other materials in the field. Arranged according to distributors. Health Films: A Descriptive List of 219 Motion Pictures — Adolf Xichtenhauser, M.D., chairman. Section of Health and Medical Films, American Film Center, 45 Rocke- feller Plaza, New York City—The author. Oct. 1942. 25c. The list includes films in anatomy and physiology, bac- teriology, blood transfusion, child health, child study, first aid, nutrition and many related topics. Each title has been carefully considered from the medical point of view. • • • • .-^sJ^i^* Approved PRE-FLIGHT, TRAIHING FILMS \ valuable visual teaching aids # now ready for your school m FO« AUOITOmUM SHOWINGS ft YOUTH TAKES TO WINGS (f frodu<md with the Cooperation of j THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILA., PA. i Endorttd and Approved by ||\ NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION h Exhibited by repretentativt of the IC\ CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION ^ at the Educational Conventioni where the Pre-Flight \m\ Training Ceuriet were planned \^ FOR CLASSaOOM USf Vfj YOUTH TRAINS FOR AVIATION 1 REEL f METHODS OF FLIGHT 2 REELS J ESSENTIAL PARTS and TYPES of PLANES... 1 REEL S AERODYNAMICS - PROPERTIES of AIR 1 REEL W AERODYNAMICS - LIFT 1 REEL ^G..^ AERODYNAMICS - AIR RESISTANCE \ ind STREAMLINING 1 REEL g BR AY PICTURES CORP. I 729 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK BJ ^•^ ^^-ifn^^^^ Ml i^V^.si!^^^^'*^ (^efllill^^^K:, <j^^.,^^5sss«^