Truesdale High School - Cub Yearbook (Truesdale, IA)

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AUDIO- VISUAL EDUCATION Truesdale is among the increasing number of schools in our state to own an audio-visual projection unit. This year regular classroom instruction has been augmented by the weekly showing of educational pictures. The pro- gram that was set up was designed to broaden the scope of learning by creating experiences for pupils that they cannot get in any other way. Instructional pictures shown this year have covered such fields as English, history, geography, health, safety, science, agriculture, industry, vocations, food, clothing, and art. Motion pictures help pupils to see things that they cannot see in any other way. On the screen they can see projected in ten minutes the entire life cycle of a cultivated plant which may normally take four months to mature. They can- not see that plant grow in any other way except with the motion picture. Motion pictures enable pupils to push back the horizons of culture and in- telligent thinking so that they can develop to the maximum of their capacities. The motion pictures, used as an introduction to a subject, presents it as a com- plete story, and enables the pupils to appreciate the over-all view and the inter- relationship of each part of the lesson as a whole. Motion pictures make a sub- ject real and concrete. Too often lectures and textbooks tend to be just a mass of unmeaningful words . The value of educational films has been proved conclusively by the army. Pupils learn more, learn it faster, and retain it longer when motion pictures are used. Education is on the march: motion pictures are a great forward step in the dissemination of knowledge. It is limitless in scope and in subject matter. Audio- visual instruction is now regarded as the avenue of greatest advancement in teaching It is the future of education and its signficance cannot be ignored.

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