EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF EDUCATIONAL

FILM
NIVEDITA BHOWMIK
ROLL NO. -12

WHAT IS FILM, EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL

FILM?

FILM
A series of still
images which
when shown on
a screen, creates
the illustration of
moving images

EDUCATION
Educationis the
process of
facilitating
learning, or the
acquisition of
knowledge,
skills, values,
beliefs, and
habits

EDUCATIONAL
FILM
Afilm or movie
whose primary
purpose is
toeducate
Educational films
have been used
in classrooms as
an alternative to
otherteaching.

FILM AND EDUCATION: FILM IS AN EFFECTIVE

MEDIUM OF EDUCATION

TEACHING
TOOL
>Re-engage

with the
curriculum
>Increase
overall
motivation for
learning

LEARNING
TOOL
Positive
experience
for school and
beyondschool, to
broaden
minds.

INTERFACIAL
TOOL

> An interfacial
tool between
teaching and
learning
>To motivate and
engage pupils in
the classroom and
contextualise
difficult areas of
the curriculum.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR FILM EDUCATION IN

THE CURRICULUM FOR PRIMARY &
SECONDARY EDUCATION

ENGLISH
Develop
understandin
g of narrative
mode &
translate the
piece

GEOGRAPHY
To record and
present
information
about an
geographic
area, natural
phenomena
or
environmenta
l issues

HISTORY
Make fiction
films based
on an
historical
period or
event,
perhaps one
in the local
area and
around the
world

SCIENCE
To stimulate
learning
about all
aspects of
scientific
issues e.g.
Biotechnology
, Nuclear
weapon

MATHEMATICS
To explain
mathematical
or geometric
principles
through visual
experience

CIVICS
Use short
films,
childrens
films and
feature films
to stimulate
about issues
of civic value
citizenship

PRINCIPLES OF FILM EDUCATION

CRITICAL
Understandi
ng and
analysing
films

CREATIVE
Learners
make films
themselves

CULTURAL
Widening
learners
experience
of film

AREAS OF LEARNING
To understand specific and distinctive about film.

To know that film is both collectively and collaboratively, as well as

personally produced and consumed

To develop a personal critical framework to engage with film from aesthetic,

emotional, cultural and creative perspectives.

To develop an awareness of the social and historical contexts for film

To be able to reflect upon the different ways of experiencing, exploring, and

learning about film.

LEARNING OUTCOMES &

EXPERIENCE
LEARNING

OUTCOMES

CRITICAL

EXPERIENCE

ENGAGE WITH FILM

THINKERS

SENSITIVE
CONTRIBUTORS

CONFIDENT
EXPLORERS

ADVENTUROUS
CREATORS

EXPRESSIVE
INDIVIDUALS

DISCOVER FILM
FROM THE PAST
EXPERIENCE
CREATIVE
OPPORTUNITIES IN
FILM MAKING
REFLECT ON
NATIONAL AND
WORLD CULTURES
IDENTIFY, QUESTION
AND REFLECT ON
IDEAS AND VALUES

THE EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY OF EDUCATIONAL FILM

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FILM

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NEW AGE & POST WORLD

WAR II FILM

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MODERN AGE
FILM

THE HISTORICAL LITERATURE REVEALS

RECURRING THEMES AND ISSUES WHICH
INCLUDE: VALUE AND IMPACT OF EDUCATIONAL
FILM
19201950

19501990

19902016

Learners exposed to European and World cinema

Development of the film as a story telling medium and
artistic form of Society

Learners got opportunity of aesthetic and cultural

possibilities of film
Learners empathise with and reflect on the diverse cultures
represented on film.

The possibility to view films in a number of different

formats and channels has expanded
Learner opportunity of accessing this experience
academic and extra-curriculum purpose

AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

The National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional

Film with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1960, at 8th National Film Awards and
awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the
country, in all Indian languages.

FEW NATIONAL AWARD WINING CONTEMPORARY INDIAN

EDUCATIONAL FILM
YEAR
FILM
TOPIC
1960
(1st
Time)

Pond Culture
(English)

Environme
nt &
ecology

1982

Kooduthal Paal
Venamenkil
(Malayalam)

Nature's
procreatio
n with
both
restraint
and
beauty

2015

Paywat
(Marathi)

Girls
education

Sports
film

Medicosocietal
Medica
l,
Cerebr
al
Palsy
Biograph
y

SUMMARY

MOTION PICTURES HAVE

BEEN USED FOR
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE
CENTURY.

THE HISTORY OF MOTION

PICTURES HAS NOW
ENTERED A NEW AGE,
WHERE INTERACTIVE
VIDEO-SHARING AND
AUTHORING TOOLS WORK
DIRECTLY THROUGH
EVERYDAY WEB
BROWSERS.

THE ABILITY TO CAPTURE REALWORLD EVENTS, DEPICT MOTION

SEQUENCES, AND CHANGE THE
SPEED OF RECORDED NATURAL
PHENOMENA ENDURES.

THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF VIDEO

WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE
EDUCATORS BY PROVIDING
AUDIOVISUAL REPRESENTATIONS
OF IDEAS, INFORMATION, AND
EVENTS