The Ministry of Education Film Experiment From Post-War Visual Education to 21st Century Literacy

Southern, Alex (2016) The Ministry of Education Film Experiment From Post-War Visual Education to 21st Century Literacy. Palgrave Macmillan.

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Official URL: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137592293

Abstract

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 specifically 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 had been the focus of film education initiatives in previous decades, without resolution. Through 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.

Item Type: Book
Uncontrolled Keywords: Visual education, Film education
Subjects: L Education > LA History of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Divisions: Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Childhood, Youth and Education
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Depositing User: Alex Southern
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2018 14:53
Last Modified: 28 Apr 2023 10:55
URI: https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/858

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