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FILM AND EDUCATION
and 14.6 by 2.7, 3.6, 5.4 and 10.8 inches respectively. This is considerably smaller than periodicals which are approximately 24 inches wide when open. This small area to be covered by the human eye accounts for the many objects and events that can be comprehended in a single eyeful. Spectators seated near the screen naturally have a wider area to cover. The distance most desirable for seeing a motion picture is a distance equal twice the width of the motion picture screen.
Active Participation'. The bulk of recorded knowledge, multiplication of books and periodicals, dissemination of information by the press and radio are responsible for the dominance of verbalization in modern communication. This tendency has led to the practice of memorized verbalized information and has in many instances failed to aid understanding.
To call attention to the limitations of the printed or spoken word does not mean that this form of communication must be discarded; it simply implies that a new and better method of training should supplement the presentation of all information.
The most natural, most effective, and most permanent type of education is active personal participation. The chances of information and behavior becoming permanent is far greater following the performance of an act such as learning to ride a bicycle, building a rabbit trap, or baking a cake than when listening to a lecture or reading a book.
The motion picture, representing reality as it does, -provides for the growing, developing child an experience very similar to that found in real life. It is a means of bridging the wide gap which now exists between theory and practice in the work-a-day world.
This separation of theory in our school from practices in industry, business and the professions has caused an ism to dominate our educational system to the extent that children may be literate and at the same time uneducated. This ism to which I refer is verbalism. Concepts are best developed by repeated personal experiences and accompanied by words
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