How to use educational sound film ([c1937])

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TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING WITH SOUND FILMS 61 mated his chances for success in the new occupation he had decided to tackle. As an assignment, the teacher asked each student to prepare a vocational self-analysis. The remark- ably keen interest and participation of every member of this large group proved the effectiveness of the "sequence show- ing" technique in the hands of a good teacher. TECHNIQUES OF TEACHING FOLLOWING THE FILM SHOWING The procedures which have been discussed so far are in general those leading up to the main study of the unit. The preparation of the students for the initial film showing in- volves the linking of past experience with that to be presented by the film—a linking controlled by the purposes which the teacher has set up for the lesson. Preparation for subsequent showings establishes viewpoints for observing specific film elements, in line with the questions and problems on which the students have been working. The form which the use of the film may take has been shown to be adaptable to the needs of various occasions. After the film showing the stu- dent is ready to react to what he has seen and heard, to in- vestigate, to acquire more information, and to put his knowl- edge to work. A. DISCUSSING THE FILM Discussion will naturally follow the film showing. After the initial showing the teacher is intent on bringing out (1) interest leads—things seen or heard in the film which ap- pealed strongly either to individuals or to the whole class; (2) connections with past experience—an extension of the teach- er's introduction to the film in which he developed connecting links; (3) the discovery and correction of any mistaken ideas which may have been formed; and (4) those new ideas which will require further study for their understanding. After subsequent uses of the film, the discussion serves to bring to a focus what the students have derived from the showing, in terms of the purposes for which it was held. For