Visual Aids in Teaching
The purpose of this paper is to set forth the various phases of the application of motion pictures as visual aids in teaching. It is pointed out that concrete experiences are a necessary prerequisite to the use of language and that educators, recognizing the prevalence of verbalism in schoolroom practice, are demanding materials, devices, and methods to correct this weakness. Visual aids, properly used, equip a group with a common body of life experiences, useful as a basis of growth in knowledge. — [By way of introduction to the paper, Mr. Baer presented three short film subjects of Eastman Teaching Films, having the titles Induced Currents, Energy from Sunlight, and Food and Growth. These films were presented in order to illustrate the subject matter used in films intended as visual aids in classroom instruction.—Editor.]
- Print ISSN
- 0097-5834
- Published
- 1931-04
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J08084