This article analyses recent developments in Danish film and television education through a case study of a new training initiative for creating content for children and young audiences. Following an outline of traditional training and career trajectories in the Danish screen industries in general, and for working with children's film and…

We designed a faculty development workshop integrating scene excerpts from the Academy Award-winning movie Crash and active learning methods to encourage faculty participation and generate participant dialogue. The aims of this workshop were to enhance awareness of issues related to teaching in a multicultural classroom; stimulate discussion on…

The American Film Genre Program helps students get into exploring the genre film as experience in examples of work that reflects the art of the film at a powerful and imagination-kindling level. (Author/RK)

An Agency for International Development (AID) project established an educational film production unit in Malawi. The project was designed to deliver extension services and information from the Ministry of Agriculture to rural farmers and had to: 1) produce films which meet the needs of villagers; 2) keep costs to an absolute minimum; and 3) fully…

The Multnomah County Intermediate Education District, located in Portland, Oregon, uses a computerized system to meet the catalog, circulation control, and management needs of its regional film library. The system's programs serve the four functions of: 1) creating and maintaining a film file; 2) developing a catalog; 3) booking film requests on a…

Describes key provisions necessary in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a film designed for continuing medical education. A case history approach is utilized. (Author)

This report is an account of a survey entitled, "A Project to Survey the Motion Picture Production Facilities of Selected Colleges and Universities in the United States," which was conducted by the University Film Foundation during the Spring and Fall of 1960, under a contract with the U.S. Office of Education. Reasons for the survey included the…

WRITTEN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS, AND TEACHING FILMS CUSTODIANS HAD PRODUCED JOINTLY THEIR FILM SERIES ON SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS, THIS REPORT DETAILS SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OUTLINES BRIEFLY THE FEATURES OF THE FILMS, AND SUMMARIZES THEIR USE. AFTER…

The selection of educational films for the Captioned Films program for deaf persons is a curriculum process that involves educators from 25 schools across America. (Author/IM)

States the philosophy behind the Harvard Project Physics (HPP) film program. Describes the three long HPP films. Lists the 48 color film loops covering six broad topics, primarily motion and energy. The 8-mm silent loops are synchronized with the text materials. Explains some of the pedagogical possibilities of these film loops. (RR)

Three hundred and six 8mm cartridge-type films were produced to provide deaf children instruction in and practice with noun vocabulary, question forms, prepositions, and speechreading. Films were placed in 12 classes. Method of presentation and time spent was determined by individual teachers, most of whom had attended a three-day orientation…

Describes new film catalogs, instructional materials, equipment, and development in a variety of science areas. Outlines the National Science Foundation reorganization, the National Science Board policy statements, and recent National Science Teachers Association actions. (GS)