| Abstract: | A great deal has been written about film as a means of communication, rather less about film as an instructional tool, and less still on the study of film based on learning theory, logically designed and systematically applied to teaching situations. Yet even in this narrow sense, there is a certain amount available. Much of the research that has been done in the field of film and television was assembled in 1967 by Reid & McLennan in Research in Instructional Television and Film:(1) in the introductory essay, L. P. Greenhill points out that ‘in the final analysis, it may be that the best method of instruction is one that provides students with a wide variety of learning situations, situations which will develop the varied learning skills that they will need for continuing their education throughout their lifetimes’. |
