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

Looking at the Literature TELEVISION FOR CHILDREN, 60-page illustrated book prepared by Foundation for Character Education in cooperation with Boston University's school of education. Intended to guide producers and parents in preparing and selecting suitable child programs. Consensus, not necessarily unanimous, of ten authorities in fields of broadcasting, education and psychology, is that TV seems to have little or no measurable effect upon a child's performance in school. Free to broadcasters, educational organizations, children program sponsors, governmental agencies and special libraries, through the U. S. Office of Education and the NARTB. MANUAL OF PRACTICAL PROJECTION, Robert A. Mitchell, although intended primarily for the theatre projectionist, this 450-page compilation of material which appeared originally in "International Projectionist" contains valuable reference data for the audio-visual and service specialist as well as for science teachers. International Projectionist Publishing Co., Inc., 19 W. 44th St., New York 36, $6.00. AUDIO VISUAL EDUCATION, Vol. 1 No. 1, new quarterly magazine, published by the Ministry of Education, New Delhi, India. Articles deal with AV under first and second Five Year Plan, School broadcasts, and an especially interesting ideological reflection on "The Limitations of AudioVisual Aids" as possible inhibitors of philosophical or abstract thought. Film reviews show material drawn from Britain, Russia, Czechoslovakia as well as U.S.A. VISUAL PRINCIPLES FOR TRAINING BY TELEVISION, effect of varying visual design on clarity of more than 100 training devices tested in U. S. Navy research, rated according to organization, figure-to-ground visibility, contrast, materials, size, detail, depth and color. 28 pages, 75 cents. Office of Technical Services PB 121931, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25. MORE SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE, in a new volume from Pocket Books and Folger Library. The title of the new book is OTHELLO and it is tlie second in the "Folger Library General Reader's Shakespeare" series. Edited by Louis B. Wright and Virginia Freund, respectively director and executive secretary of Washington's Folger Library, OTHELLO is part of the continuing plan of Pocket Books and the Folger Shakespeare Library to publish during the next few years, a complete, new edition of Shakespeare in single-play volumes. Later this year and during 1958, Pocket Books will publish four additional Shakespeares: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, HAMLET, JULIUS CAESAR and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, to further its aim of Shakespeare for everyone at a price everyone can pay. TELEVISION FACTBOOK, published by the trade newsletter. Televi sion Digest, Washington, D. C, recently announced in its 25th semi-annual edition, that more than two-thirds of the world's 63 million TV sets and well over half of the world's 900 TV stations are in the United States. The 476-page publication contains information on every station in operation, including detailed data on U.S. and Canadian stations. It reveals that Iron Curtain countries fall behind the west in TV progress. .Altogether 43 countries have TV. Advertisement HELPFUL BOOKS AUDIO-VISUAL METHODS IN TEACHING: REVISED AND ENLARGED. By Edgar Dale. 544 pp. Illustrated; and with 49 full-color plates. The Dryden Press, 1 1 0 West 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. 1954. $6.25. THE AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT MANUAL. By James D. Finn. Published under the general editorship of Edgar Dale. 384 pp. 1500 illustrations. The Dryden Press, 1 1 0 West 57th St., New York 19, N. Y, 1957. $9.50. AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS: THEIR NATURE AND USE. Revised Edition. By Walter Arno Wittich and Charles F. Schuller. 570 pp. 249 Illustrations, 14 Color Plates. Harper & Brothers, 49 E. 33rd St., New York 16, N.Y. 1957. $6.50. MITCHELL'S MANUAL OF PRACTICAL PROJECTION. 450 pp. Illustrated and cross-indexed. Covers every aspect of motion picture projection. Moteriol presented in easily understood language — not too technical, yet technically accurate. Most complete and practical handbook for projectionists ever published. International Projectionist Pub. Co., 19 West 44 Street, New York 36, N. Y. $6.00. EDUCATORS GUIDE TO FREE SLIDEFILMS. Compiled and Edited by Mary Foley Horkheimer and John W. DiHor. Ninth Annual Edition, 1957. Educators Progress Service, Dept. AVG, Randolph, Wis. $5.00. STANDARDS OF PHOTOPLAY APPRECIATION. A Course of Study in Photoplay Appreciation, Including o Photoploy Approach to Shakespeare. By William Lewin and Alexander Frazier. Illustrated. Educotionol & Recreotional Guides, Inc., 10 Brainerd Rood, Summit, New Jersey. $4.75. TAPE RECORDERS AND TAPE RECORDING. By Harold D. Weiler. 192 pp. Radio Magazines, Inc., P. O. Box 629, Key ES, Mineolo, N. Y. 1956. $2.95 or $3.95 (hord cover). Written for the omoteur and semi-professional tope recordist, the book gives special emphasis to the use of tape recording in educotion. AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS TO INSTRUCTION. By Harry C. McKown and Alvin B. Roberts. 608 pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 330 West 42nd St., New York 36. Second Edition. $5.50. EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE: A listing of 18,000 16mm films (many hundreds on Free Loon) in one bound volume (over 1,000 pages) and 4 annual supplements thru Spring 1957. A 1954-58 bound cumulation revised, ready in Fall 1958. Subscribers to this most complete 16mm film service available will be billed only $15 ($1 more for foreign ) . Order today from Dept. LP-AVG, The H. W. Wilson Company, 960 University Ave., NYC 52. Write for free Folder . . . FILMSTRIP GUIDE: A listing of well over 9,000 35mm Filmstrips (mony on Free Loon) in one bound volume and 3 annual supplements through 1957. Only $8.50 for all 4 books ($1 more for foreign). Order today from Dept LP-AVG, The H. W. Wilson Co., 960 University Ave., NYC 52. Write for free Folder . . . EDUCATORS GUIDE TO FREE FILMS. Compiled and Edited by Mary Foley Horkheimer ond John W. Differ. Educotionol Consultant, John Guy Fowike*. 17th Annual Edition, 1957. Educators Progress Service, Dept. AVG, Randolph, Wis. $7.00. EDUCATORS GUIDE TO FREE TAPES, SCRIPTS, AND TRANSCRIPTIONS. Compiled and Edited by Walter A. Wittich, Ph.D., and Gertie Hanson Hoisted, M.A. Third Annual Edition, 1957. Educators Progress Service, Dept. AVG, Randolph, Wis. $5.75. MANUAL OF AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNIQUES. By Robert de Kieffer ond Lee Cochran. 220 pages. 1955. Prentice-Holl, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, $3.75. A WINDOW TO THE CHILD'S MIND — Alpork's New Educational Handbook by Dorothy R. Luke, 268 pp. The first authentic analysis of Helen Porkhursf's recorded interviews with children. An indispensable guide for teochers. 1955 Starbridge Publications, P.O. Box 574 Grand Central Station, New York 17, N.Y. $3.50. 500 EdScreen & AV Guide — October, 1957