
Using Film In Education
Using Film In Education
Film has been a major feature of popular culture for a hundred years, and the moving image now dominates all aspects of the transmission of information. How can film be integrated into the curriculum?
Yet where film and moving images are used in education it is considered a pleasant introduction to new concepts, ideas or books, something innovative and a little outside the mainstream of teaching and learning. The research suggests it can and should play a much bigger role; it can be used to support social and moral understanding, to teach values and character, to support the development of information literacy in a visual world. Its techniques can be used to underpin mainstream skills like writing, be it creative narrative or fact-based presentations and perhaps most importantly of all, it can help develop critical reflection and a sceptical knowledge of how to review the way visual meanings are constructed to influence us. The research speaks volumes about the potential of film and the moving image to make learning more relevant and ‘fun’ and how much of that potential is being missed.

CTL 7.2 Using visualisations to teach creative writing
The techniques of storyboarding a film (breaking down stories into shots, sequences and visualisations) is a great way to support children’s creative writing, Nick Handel demonstrates.
A practical guide to teaching with film
Whether it’s watching and reviewing or making and directing, film offers endless educational benefits to pupils of any age and ability. As Into Film’s annual celebration of film and education draws to a close, Jane Fletcher considers how this rich and diverse teaching tool can be harnessed in different areas of the curriculum.

Lights! Camera! Learning!
Making films about their school, area and themselves within ‘role’ for topics like the Second World War has given the children at Columbia Primary technical, interpretive and presentation skills, as well as a love of research. Teaching Thinking and Creativity reports on a School of Creativity in Tower Hamlets.
Using graphic novels to teach creative writing
Once dismissed and disparaged as ‘lesser’ literature, graphic novels and comic books are slowly gaining recognition as a valuable teaching tool. Here, Autumn Ware shares her own experiences using this vibrant, visual method of storytelling to develop her students’ scriptwriting skills.

The director’s cut
Interpreting moving images critically is a key literacy skill that can give children intellectual distance and creative insight. Ian Wall describes how getting students to interrogate directors’ decisions can help explain how meaning is constructed.
Film can have a leading role in education
Film can be a powerful educational tool, especially for children with disabilities and from deprived backgrounds. The use of simple black and white films, such as “Duck Soup” allowed children on the autistic spectrum to enjoy a film with their peers. This

MediaEd
Film is best used in after school clubs where teachers choose films, videos and clips related to a topic and allow students to watch, review and discuss their ideas and opinions of the film. For older students, having them write a short creative piece on
Pedagogical benefits of film
Film is useful in teaching simple but vital skills to students, such as collaboration, problem solving and technology and organisational skills. Before large writing tasks, regarding anything from a novel, allow the students to watch the corresponding fil

The Blackpool Boys and Girls Club
Children in stressed environments need resilience and emotional intelligence to deal with issues luckier children don’t have. Jed Sullivan explains how the lauded BBGC uses film, paintings and stories to build their inner strength.
Film for thought
We see thousands of moving images every day – not just at home on TV, but increasingly on train TVs, bus TVs and moving adverts. But flm deserves attention, says Sabrina Broadbent, through Filmclub.org – an online community of after-school flm screening clubs funded by the DCSF.

Using graphic novels to teach creative writing
Once dismissed and disparaged as ‘lesser’ literature, graphic novels and comic books are slowly gaining recognition as a valuable teaching tool. Here, Autumn Ware shares her own experiences using this vibrant, visual method of storytelling to develop her students’ scriptwriting skills.
What is the ‘Matrix’?
Rupert Wegerif recommends the film The Matrix as a stimulus for thinking.

Integrating Film into Education
This report by 'Film: 21st Century Literacy' points to and highlights evidence that film education benefits young people. It aims to demonstrate that incorporating film across the curriculum will help children's learning, and also how film education benefits young people socially and culturally. The evidence is used to demonstrate how using film can make a positive impact on behaviour, motivation, and relationships between pupils and staff, and that using film can have a positive effect on teachers and educators' own pedagogy. Leadership Briefing Issue 6.09 (69)
Into Film
Into Film support teachers and educators to achieve a wide range of effective learning outcomes in their use of film. Their programme includes a network of extra-curricular film clubs, resources for use in clubs and in the classroom, training opportunitie

Film Education
Since 1985, Film Education has enriched the education of teachers and learners across the UK by providing schools with unique and innovative curriculum-relevant film-based learning experiences. The charity provides award-winning, authentic and relevant re
Journeys in Film - Teaching with Film
There are a number of reasons experts recommend using film in the classroom. According to the Social Science Research Network, 65 percent of people are visual learners.

Online Course - Into Film
Beginning on 19 March 2018 this free, three week online course will help anyone working with young people aged 5-19 to engage them in learning through simple film-making and animation. You'll discover how film and animation can be used as powerful tools f
(Video Resource) Audio-Visual Education: "How to Use Classroom Films"
Video Resource explaining, outlining and guiding the use of film in the classroom.
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