This paper explores a media-ecological perspective on film-education practice. Drawing from their own experiences of teaching film (at the Austrian Film Museum and the KurzFilmSchule, Hamburg) the authors challenge monolithic theories of film education, suggesting instead that film education practices are shaped by context, and are relational to…

This article explores the possibility of combining educational approaches to film and theatrical drama to enhance teachers' confidence in creative, transmedia and multidisciplinary approaches to learning. A detailed case study is explored -- a short teacher training event which utilised certain media literacy resources to inspire and familiarise…

This article compares the discourses, practices and politics of film education in France and Germany, and outlines their historical development. The discourses on film education in the two countries are fundamentally different: whereas German film education is anchored in the global politics of media education and around notions of…

UNESCO defines media education as the priority field of the cultural educational development in the XXI century. The article presents the development of media education since the beginning of it up to our days. The sections of the article are the main periods for the development of the media education. In each section more countries are mentioned.…

Describes the Hochschule fur Film und Fernsehen, an institution of higher education for the study of film and television production in Babelsberg, Germany (formerly the German Democratic Republic). Discusses the major reorientations in the school caused by Germany's reunification. (SR)

A film presented as factual may permit critical responses that question its purported factual objectivity and political neutrality. In class, Hans-Georg Gadamer's concept of effective-historical consciousness can be used to evaluate the allegedly propagandistic messages in Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will." Analysis of this 1934…

Suggests that Hollywood may have been as effective as exchange programs and citizen training centers as an agency of reeducation. Mainstream U.S. films succeeded as a positive socializing force in spite of the low priority given to them by the military authorities. Includes a list of 32 officially sanctioned films. (MJP)

Presents an interview with Steven Spielberg on his goals and methods for making "Schindler's List." Maintains that the important lessons of truth and tolerance will help prevent the Holocaust from happening again. Describes cooperative ventures with educational groups to develop instructional materials associated with the film. (CFR)

Asserts that the motion picture, "Schindler's List," explores the human capacity for monumental evil as well as the capacity for extraordinary courage. Describes "Facing History and Ourselves: A Guide to Schindler's List," which provides an interdisciplinary framework for examining the film and exploring this period of history.…