Motion pictures for instruction (1926)

Page scan 000241 from Motion pictures for instruction

Record Details:

Title:
Motion pictures for instruction
Date:
1926
Publisher:
New York, The Century Co
Volume:
Motion pictures for instruction (1926)
Leaf #:
000241
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures in education
Collection:
Non-Theatrical Film
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"A selected bibliography": p. 433-435; "Important educational filmlists" : p. 435-438
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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THREE STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL FILMS 191 HI THE CINEMA IN EDUCATION A report of the Psychological Investigation conducted by Special subcommittees appointed by the Cinema Commission of Enquiry, established by the National Council. Edited by Sir James Marchant, 159 pp. George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., London. The report is edited by Sir James Marchant, general secretary of the National Council. Part I, giving an account of experiments with educational films, is signed by Professor Charles Spearman, chairman of the subcommittee on psychological research, Professor Cyril Burt, secretary, and S. J. F. Philpott, M.C., B.Sc, investigator, and conductor of the experiments. Part II is a description of the various types of motion picture projectors suitable for school use. The report makes acknowledgment to the Carnegie Trust and National Council and to other sources for $5,000 and more, granted for the experiments. The experiments were conducted by Mr. Philpott in the psychological class room at University College, London. Two classes of boys, 23 in all, and five classes of girls, 75 in all, were used. The groups were stated to be " approximately equal in ability, " but no grades nor ages are given and no intelligence tests were used. It seems also that the committee was unaware of the experiments of "Weber and Freeman in the United States, as they speak of their own experiments as being