School (You and Your Child)
Shining a light on school anxiety.
The Yorkshire Television series You and Your Child looks at stages of child development from birth to the age of five. With a mixture of on-location segments and studio discussion, it's an authoritative introduction to the (then) latest research on child development for a television audience. Simple, everyday non-specialist language is used throughout, highlighting its intended appeal to wider general audiences.
This episode from 1969 centres on the anxieties of starting school, both for the child and the parents. It opens with a sequence filmed from a low angle, putting viewers in the child's shoes and demonstrating the unfamiliar and potentially scary aspects of starting school that they might encounter. An 'open' school is shown as an example of how a friendly atmosphere might ease any fears. We hear from a group discussion with mothers talking about their experiences.
The programme then considers how informal schooling might support the child in learning. The idea that playing might actually be learning in disguise is explored fully in the studio, with children demonstrating this as well as a group discussion with experts. Advice is given on how best to prepare children for this milestone. The programme ends with a lively singalong by local school children.
This programme follows many at the time in looking at the subject of child development by using the latest research and engaging experts from various fields. It comes with an accompanying booklet for viewers who want to know more.
This episode discusses the issues around starting school and early years education.
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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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