International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

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The Institute s Enquiries THE CINEMA AND THE SCHOOL (Contd.) Limiting our examination to the 520 teachers who gave a precise affirmative reply, we get the following numerical table, in reading which it must, of course, be remembered that, while some mentioned only one type of film, others mentioned two or more types. Favourable Dramatic 10 Historical 424 Religious 228 Political 98 Adventure 202 In addition to these five kinds of film specified in the questionnaire? teachers referred to others, as follows: Unfavourable Total 246 256 16 440 14 242 36 134 174 376 Documentary 150 Geographical 86 Scientific 78 Art 74 Industrial 42 Comic 38 150 86 78 74 42 38 The order of preference and the proportion of votes in favour of the different types of film appear below: Types of film specified in the questionnaire. Historical 424 Religious 228 Adventure 202 Political .... Dramatic. . . . Other types Documentary Geographical Scientific. . Artistic . . Industrial Comical . Favourable Unfavourable Percentage in favour of this type of film Proportion of favourable to total replies • 424 16 96,37 % 81,53 % 228 14 94>2i % 43,84 % 202 174 54,oo % 38,84 % 98 36 73.13 % 18,84 % ., 10 246 3,90 % 1,92 % led in the questionnaire. 150 — 100 % 28,84 % 86 — 100 % 16,54 % • 78 — 100 % 15,00 % 74 — 100 % 14,23 % 42 — 100 % 8,08 % 38 — 100 % 7.31 % ingl .