The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

legislative appropriation was made to distribute educational films, until 1945 when an appropriation of over a million dollars was voted for equipment and teaching aids. The pamphlet was intended as a pattern for students of audiovisual education at the University of Chicago, but it is also an excellent reference for communities and states that would like to benefit from the experience of the state of Virginia. The manner in which the State Department of Education has developed its program of audio-visual instructional materials for schools assures its success in improving the quality of education in general. The five regional centers originally established have gradually passed the distribution functions along to local and individual school facilities, and are now serving chiefly as guidance and teacher-training centers. UTILIZATION • The Why of AudioVisual Materials — Edgar Dale. The News Letter, vol. 13, no. 3. Dec. 1947. An editorial appealing to teachers to get greater meaning behind the concepts taught at school, to make concrete the complex ideas with which modern living surrounds us. Too often what is taught is irrelevant to living. There is an increasing amount of visual material to aid in education about world trade and other problems of modern life. The author lists four reasons why there has not been greater use of all media of communication on a regular and complete basis: a) lack of funds; b) lack of ability in teachers to use these new methods; c) insufficient training on the college level; and d) no cooperation by administrators for adequate physical facilities. • Children Make Recordings— Margaret B. Russell, Benjamin Stoddert School, Washington, D. C. N.E.A. Journal, Dec. 1947. p. 635. A class of second-graders went through all the steps in planning special Valentine recordings, with the aid of a machine loaned by one mother. Research, voice tests, scripts and the play-back proved a fruitful and interesting activity. • Teaching Aids: Picture Stories— Ethel Beatty Smith, Jamesburg High School, Jamesburg, N.J. Business Education World, December 1947. p. 212. Describes a unique idea which has become a creative activity for teacher and pupils alike. Picture stories are planned, posed, photographed, printed as enlargements and mounted on posters. These then serve as the basis for illustrating principles or concepts in the curriculum. Picture stories were used in the retail-selling course and the officepractice class, where pictures were planned and photographed by students to illustrate their ideas. SOURCES • Informative Films— Educational Review Committee, National Board of Review. Agenda Magazine, 205 East 42nd St., N. Y. 17. Monthy issues, starting May, 1947. Free to women's club leaders. A monthly section on 16mm films recommended for women's club leaders, annotated and classified by subject. For example, the November-December issue includes films suitable for meetings that deal with the Freedom Train, Bible Reading, Christmas, Displaced Persons, and other topics. Each issue also includes a theatrical film review page, with the aid of Mrs. Bcttina Gunczy. • Audio-Visual Aids for Atomic Education— Albert Gotlieb. Social Education, 11: 357-60. Dec. 1947. An annotated list of films, filmstrips, recordings and transcriptions, radio scripts, maps and charts, and agencies to implement the study of atomic energy in science education. This list (together with a published bibliography, "Annotated Bibliography on Atomic Energy," by Israel Light— Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y. 35c) appeared in connection with a series of conferences on atomic education held at Teachers College under the auspices of the Departments of Natural Science and Social Sciences. February, 1948 YOU MAY RENT OR PURCHASf THtSC THRU SHAKtSPtAREAN flLMS IN 16mm. 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