Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

AS PERSONAL Continued Pleas from Pago Pago Even though our traveled friends tell us it is all a delusion, our romantic imagination is stirred by the thought of far-away places with strange-sounding names — such as Pago Pago, Samoa. But all is not perfect even in Pago Pago. Art Wisner, who teaches in the -American school there, is having problems teaching English to the native Samoans and needs help. He tells us: "Many of us teaching here feel that the approach to the language situation is all wrong. Obviously there is something the matter because tests show a consistent low level in language and communication ability, one which is very decidedly not consistent with the effort expended by the teaching staff. "The child is approached with a stateside text written for students in a modern American community. The situations around which these books are written have little or no relation to the daily lives of these people. Consequently, beyond the initial pleasure in having in their hands a pretty book, there is no interest . . . Then for training teachers and for teaching at the secondary level we bring stateside teachers who approach the problem as though they were in Bellingham, Washington." Have you had any experiences that could help Mr. Wisner? If so, we are sure that he and his staff would like to hear from you. New NEA A-building From where we sit, we have been serving as sidewalk superintendent for the demolition of a two-story building which is to be replaced by a modern eight-story NEA office building— the first step in the development on the corner of 16th and M Streets in Washington of a new national headquarters building for the National Education Association and all of its 69 different departments, divisions, and commissions. Why do we mention this? Well, D.'WI receives its office space free from the NEA along with a host of other valuable services, as well as substantial cold-cash assistance. Your personal membership in the NEA and your support of our parent organization in the field helps make this possible. At the present time approximately 70% of all the service that you receive thru your national Department is made possible because of NEA assistance given directly to DAVI. TV Training Kit A training kit including four 15-minute films made as a docimientary recording of an agricultural extension TV workshop can be obtained from the National Project in Agricultural Communications, Michigan State College, on a rental basis. The four films do these things: Part I illustrates what television can do in extension adult educational programs. Part II illustrates types of shows extension workers can do. Part III demonstrates tips on planning and presenting shows. Part IV stresses the You element, demonstrates actions, motion and conduct before the camera. This kit has been planned to enable the teaching of television techniques without studio facilities. Have You Heard? Microfilm copies of all basic scripts in English which are used by the Voice of America in developing its daily programs of news and commentary for radiocast throughout the world in 34 different languages are now available to the public at a moderate fee through the Photoduplication Service of the Library of Congress. 15 YEARS OF PROGRESS at Coronet Fil ms The phenomenal growth of Coronet Films has no parallel among producers of educational motion pictures. Fifteen years ago, the company made its first 16mm sound film for classroom use. Today, Coronet production teams have completed and released nearly 600 pedagogically superior motion pictures. Most of these have been produced during the past seven years and are of the highest technical and academic quality obtainable today. At Coronet, each film is the result of painstaking research . . . collaboration with leading educators . . . careful production . . . meticulous editing . . . testing and revisions before release. Therefore, each completed film assures accuracy, reliability and planned effectiveness. See for yourself why Coronet has set the standards by which all other instructional films are judged. Preview prints of these newest releases are now available. Request them today. Jimmy Visits the City Fun with Speech Sounds Western Europe: An Introduction Western Germany: The Land and the People The Meaning of Conservation The Calendar: Days, Weeks, Months Life in Northern Lands— Norwoy Scandinavian lands: Norway, Sweden, Denmark The Holy Land: Background for History and Religion Coronet Films Depf. ES-954 Coroner Building, Chicago I, ///. 266 Educational Screen