Knowing how to read is a very important aid in accelerating mental activity and curiosity in children and thus opening up new regions of thought and experience--one of the broad goals of education. However, reading should not be defined solely in relation to print media. Other languages, such as film, can enrich the study of all humanities…

Project Change was a curriculum development and teacher training effort to improve the quality of education in 13 North Carolina public school systems. The project was carried out by a corps of resource teachers. Their responsibilities included: (1) the development of curricular materials in the language arts-social studies area; (2) the…

The availability of 72 inexpensive (50 cents each) still cameras and 200 rolls of film (19 cents per roll) to 70 English teachers in Frederick County, Maryland, has provided the means of stimulating students to expand their understanding of the environment and to sharpen their communicative talents. Projects undertaken include the students' use of…

This evaluation of films and other audiovisuals related to drug education was performed by the National Coordinating Council on Drug Abuse Education and Information, Inc. Materials were evaluated both for scientific accuracy and effectiveness as a communications tool. Four categories are used for descriptive purposes: films rated scientifically…

This second edition updates and expands a 1971 evaluation of films and audiovisuals related to drug education performed by the National Coordinating Council on Drug Education. Materials in this edition are evaluated both for accuracy and effectiveness as a communications tool. They are separated into two sections--films and other audiovisuals…

Aimed at the professional but useful to others, this book provides comparative material on virtually all the motion picture cameras available from manufacturers in the United States, Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and other countries. Information is provided on camera design and on the operation and maintainance of individual models. An analysis…

The author reviews the development of broadcast education and its current status, and then discusses some of the dissatisfactions that educators, broadcasters, and students have with the present broadcast curricula. He feels that communications departments should offer programs that serve all college students, not merely those who are interested…

Because of the critical situation faced by higher education today and the world shortage of educational resources, it might be necessary to provide links between the traditionally autonomous universities of the Commonwealth so that they can share their resources for teaching and research. Experiences within Britain and North America have suggested…

Developed as part of an exemplary project for a rural, economically depressed area, this resource bibliography identifies instructional materials useful in career education programs. Items included in the guide are: (1) books, (2) filmloops, (3) filmstrips, and sound filmstrips using records and cassettes, (4) kits, (5) puzzles, and (6) suggested…

Descriptions of ways in which educators are humanizing the educative process comprise this collection of articles by Humanities teachers in Massachusetts. The Process of Humanizing discusses the Quincy Method after 25 years of progress, why contemporary man must learn to humanize the product of education, and how a popular song can show ways to…

Intended as a basic resource in new primary sources for interdisciplinary studies, this book consists of twelve essays on contemporary culture, religion, and the arts. The authors, specialists in the humanities, are concerned with interdisciplinary investigation, including such issues as determining methods of study, methods of validating claims…

There are three senses in which all persuasion is political: (1) persuasion seeks to restructure the organization of power; (2) persuasion itself is an exercise of power; and (3) all morally significant human conduct includes political dimensions. The comprehension of political events in dramatic terms is the burden of the author's thesis in this…

Secular (commercial) films should be used in the service of the church for two major reasons: 1) a responsible church cannot ignore the fact that in our culture films play a determinative role in belief and value formation, and 2) a creative church will not want to ignore their great potential as an educational tool. If the church urges its…

Performance objectives are stated for each of the four secondary school units included in this package of instructional guides prepared for the Dade County Florida Quinmester Program. All four units are concerned with aspects of environmental concern: "Pollution,""Does It Have to be a Dirty World?,""Environmental…

It is fruitless to debate whether visual literacy is a new or old concept. It is important to train today's children in visual literacy because the mass media are more vital to them and take up more of their time than do the schools. As part of a pilot project designed to deal with the problems of reading and verbal-visual communication, a group…