Motion pictures in education : a practical handbook for users of visual aids (c1923)

How to Use Films in Teaching 173 able to see for themselves will be filmed in the audi torium. The day before the written review, all of the seventh-grade biology pupils are taken to the audito rium to view the film. The teacher who is conducting the film lesson gives a brief history of the work in biology studied by the class up to that point and tells what points the film will touch upon. The teacher has been unable to view the film in advance in this instance but has studied the outline and list of titles. She views the film, which is shown in silence, as intently as the pupils because she will make out the questions that evening for the written review on the morrow, and the questions are to be based on both the film and the textbook. The teacher makes mental note of the points she hopes the film will emphasize and watches carefully to see if it fulfills her expectations. She wishes to learn if the pupils saw in the film what she saw and so makes this a socialized lesson. The discussion is led by the pupils instead of the teacher. They bring out points she did not see. There is a question in dispute and in order to settle it the teacher arranges to have the film run again up through the disputed scene. The time being 1 up, the teacher announces a written review for the following day. She carefully makes out the quiz questions before leaving school. The next day a brief ten-minute discussion of the film lesson is con ducted prior to the written review, which consumes the remainder of the study period. Teaching Nature Study with Films At the present stage of film production it is often necessary to adapt available films to the classroom work. Here is an example in point: