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Author:
Alexander, Geoff, 1952-
Title:
Films you saw in school : a critical review of 1,153 classroom educational films (1958-1985) in 74 subject categories / Geoff Alexander ; foreword by Thomas G. Smith.
Publisher:
McFarland,
Copyright Date:
c2014
Description:
x, 282 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Educational films--History and criticism.
Motion pictures in education--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and index.
Contents:
Social science and geography films -- History films -- Science and math films -- Arts and crafts films -- Literature and language arts films -- Sociodrama films -- Foreign language instructional films.
Summary:
"This book discusses more than 1,000 educational films. Here, this remarkable body of work is classified into seven subject categories, within which some of the most effective and successful films are juxtaposed against those that were didactic and plodding treatments of similar thematic material. Many of the films are fascinating, and much of their content remains relevant. "-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786472634 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780786472635 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)865297607
LCCN:
2013046982
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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