Elton Well Dressing
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Elton Well Dressing
All traditions must begin somewhere, so Elton schoolchildren start their own.
Elton is a small village in the Peak District National Park with historic buildings, but no history of well-dressing, a Derbyshire tradition whose beginnings are lost in the mists of time. To rectify this situation, Elton schoolchildren work on a project to bring the practice of well-dressing to their own village and start a tradition themselves. By interviewing older residents, researching the history of local wells, and producing their own designs in school workshops, the children's communal effort creates an impressive piece of work for the well-dressing dedication ceremony, and the start of their own local tradition.
Children from Elton C of E Primary School in the Peak District bring the tradition of well-dressing to their own village. This project involves interviewing older local residents and producing their own designs in school workshops, before the dedication ceremony itself at the decorated well.
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How We Learned
From classroom to lecture hall to living room: a look at the many ways TV and video shaped our learning experiences over the years.
For most of us, the screen has been as much a part of our education as the blackboard or whiteboard. Early 20th century educators quickly saw that moving images could be a valuable teaching aid, and by the 1920s and 30s a thriving industry was delivering thousands of films for classroom use. By the 1960s, the small screen had largely taken over, and schoolkids would thrill at the sight of the teacher wheeling out a television set.
In the meantime, education was transforming, too, with grammar schools, secondary moderns and technical schools giving way to comprehensives, which in turn made room for academies and faith schools. Higher education swelled with new universities and polytechnics, while the Open University, launched in 1969, used video and television to reach students in their homes. Through television, informal learning has also helped those who missed out on traditional schooling, or who just want to expand their minds. Whether we spoke our first words along with onscreen puppets, studied along with Open University broadcasts or followed educational debates in current affairs programmes, television and video have always had a lot to teach us.
22 videos in this collection
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Make It Count [22/01/78]
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Elton Well Dressing
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Bill Has Trouble with the Magic Box
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Don't Ask Me [10/08/77]
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School
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School Leaver
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Chalkface [04/07/82]
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Adult Basic Skills: Entrance
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Think Tank [18/08/81]
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A New Choice of School
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Children Talking 1 Assessing Spoken Language at Eleven
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Teaching Science: Object Lessons
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Able Children
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Brighton Polytechnic Promo 2
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Painting by Numbers
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Multi-cultural Education
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One Week in July
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Introduction to Computers
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Christmas Special
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Dulwich College and Village
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