The Ministry of Education film experiment : from post-war visual education to 21st century literacy / Alex Southern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Southern, Alex, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures in education--Great Britain--History.

Motion pictures in education.

Culture--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Culture.

Politics and culture--Great Britain.

Politics and culture.

Culture--Study and teaching.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii, 232 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Summary:

"This book uncovers a unique post-war film production programme and explores how this first British government intervention into 'visual education' is relevant to film education today. In 1943 the Ministry of Education took the decision to sponsor production of an experimental programme of nonfiction films specially for the classroom. Almost 70 years later, the British Film Institute launched a new strategic development plan, at the centre of which was the aim to prove the value of '21st century literacy' to Government and embed film in the school curriculum. This aim has been the focus of film education initiatives in previous decades, without resolution Though archival research into original documents and the films, The Ministry of Education Film Experiment builds a story of conflict and collaboration between the Ministry and the filmmakers, offering an insight into why the struggle for government recognition of film education still remains."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : 21st century literacy

Education in post-war Britain

Film And education

The Ministry of Education film experiment

Nonfiction film : theoretical frameworks

Film analysis

Evaluation and distribution

From visual education to 21st century literacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224), filmography (pages 207-208) and index.

ISBN:

9781137592293

113759229X

OCLC:

954428917