Film and education; a symposium on the role of the film in the field of education ([1948])

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APPLICATIONS OF THE FILM IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES learnings through this film medium. He will of course preview the film and decide upon the best way to fit it into his learning plan. Perhaps after viewing it the teacher may decide that the best way to present it to his class is to simply turn on the projector and let the film tell its own story. Then after the showing he will discuss with the class the main ideas, the new concepts and the generalizations presented by the film. Or our .teacher may decide that the class needs special instruction, further orientation, and the introduction of needed factual material before the film can be shown with greatest profit. The best way of arousing interest in the film to be shown may be to raise questions which will be answered by the film and which, in the light of the pupil's experience and background, seem important and challenging. These questions may be written on the blackboard and may constitute the fucus of attention for the period following the presentation of the motion picture. The motivating exercises which precede the film showing must be determined by the »person who knows the class best, and this person is presumably the teacher. No set formula can be given which works equally well in all cases. One teacher may decide that he will have a committee of pupils preview the film and, under his guidance, this committee will introduce the film to the class and suggest pertinent problems which the film may answer or interesting things to look for in the film. Another teacher may decide that his class needs to be warned that the film viewing is a learning exercise of considerable importance and that an objective test will be given immediately after the discussion which will follow the film. In still another case the emphasis may be placed upon new words or phrases which appear in the film and special dictionary work will preface the film showing, and special attention will be paid to the way in which these words are used in the film. The teacher's analysis of the film in the light of the problems presented by his class will determine the manner in which the film is presented both in the pre-showing, discussion, and the follow-up. [151]