Outlines methods of teaching moral issues to undergraduate students using works of Lawrence Kohlberg, William Perry, Jr., Erik Erikson, and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in conjunction with literary tests. Encourages comparative and illustrative studies of literature and film. Suggests student participation in cognitive and moral decision making of…

The cost effectiveness strategy described involves a function-identifying stage and a cost-analysis stage for audiovisual media. Cost structures of seven methods of delivering instructional television are compared and reasons are given for why cost effectiveness considerations are still rarely applied in educational decision making. Eight…

Describes the usefulness of captioned silent films as natural language contexts in teaching remedial and basic reading. (CMV)

Describes the development of curriculum materials for educating foster parents of mentally retarded children. (RH)

Discusses the problems encountered in using foreign films and educational television programs in a developing nation. (CHC)

Advances in the area of biomechanics assisted by the use of cinematography and computers are outlined. (JMF)

The use of teacher-made captions or subtitles to accompany slide and film presentations in foreign language classes is discussed. (JB)

Tests and rejects the hypothesis that sensory motor curiosity declines from childhood to adolescence, by conducting a follow-up study of a group of pupils (N=32) whose curiosity behavior was filmed in 1970 when the age range was 6-12 years. Behavior is compared to that of a group in 1976. (CS)

Reports that of 18 college student subjects, those subjects who demonstrated a strong nondiscursive (picture/sound/imagistic) bias demonstrated significantly greater emotional intensity in response to film violence than did subjects who showed a strong discursive (word/number) bias. Notes implications of the findings for educators. (GT)

Provides a sequence of assignments, and the theory upon which they are based, for composition courses that include film. Includes ordering information and an abstract for the film "Silent Snow, Secret Snow," upon which the assignments are based. (TJ)

Discusses the changes in the major motion picture research collections during the past 15 years and describes the contents of the five largest remaining ones: Twentieth Century-Fox Research Library, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Research Library, Burbank Public Library--Warner Research Collection, Universal City Studios Research Library, Walt Disney…

Reviews events of 1978 in Francophone African journalism, literature, and film. (AM)

Examines the new Copyright Act of 1978, Public Law 94-533. Discusses what can and cannot be reproduced in print materials and in electronic media. Examples are included.

Discusses the Family Folklore Program of the Smithsonian Institution's annual Festival of American Folklife, in which the whole family can be involved in tracing family history through story telling, photographs, etc. (MS)

There is the common assumption that the viewing of aggressive films can "facilitate" aggression in individuals who are predisposed to act aggressively. Questions the validity of that belief through an examination of methodology. (Author/RK)