K-12
The 7 habits of highly ineffective educators . 1999. 1 videocassette (59 min.). Performing before
an audience, Wavelength, an improvisational acting
troupe from Chicago, dramatizes seven habits of
ineffective educators. Wavelength's goal is to
provide a humorous perspective to the issues and
challenges within education. VHS 5115
ADHD in the classroom: Strategies for teachers. 1994. 1 videocassette (39 min.). Presents a four-step
plan to help teachers meet the needs of the ADHD
child without diminishing the needs of the other
children. The incorporation of social skills into
the curriculum is demonstrated. The audience
sees first hand how to implement such behavior
management methods as: color charts and signs,
point system, token economy, and turtle-control
technique.
VHS 4990
All our children. Realizing America's hope. 1991. 1 videocassette (150 min.). Moyers
examines the efforts of several programs and schools
across the country which are achieving small victories
in the lives of young people who have known defeat.
Representatives from education, business, government
and the family engage in lively discussion with
journalist Moyers, in response to the challenges
facing the nation's youth. VHS 1670
Alternative assessment. Teacher TV. 1993. 1 videocassette (ca.
22 min.). Program examines ways of evaluating
student progress using alternatives to tests and
report cards. Emphasis is on multi-dimensional
alternative assessment which chronicles progress,
emphasizes learning over knowing, improvement
not labels, continuous feedback, evidences of
progress, uses collaborative reflection and involves
student and parent. VHS 4514
America's schools: Who gives a damn? 1991. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Examines the causes
and effects of the country's most compelling internal
crisis -- the failure to educate all students
and the neglect of its prime natural resource,
the children. VHS 1403
America's teachers: Profile of a profession. 1993. 1 videocassette (13 min.). This video uses statistics
from six national surveys of teachers conducted
by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education to
present a comprehensive view of the teaching profession.
VHS 3592
Appreciating diversity. Teacher TV. 1992. 1 videocassette (ca.
22 min.). Various educators, teachers and principals
discuss innovative teaching methods and how to
implement new ideas. "Core Team Teaching"
illustrates how small learning communities can
reduce discipline problems and boost student motivation.
"Cultural Curriculum" depicts students
getting first hand knowledge about the people
in their community by interacting with local Native
American communities. "Hand/Sound Signals"
gives visual learners and audio learners an equal
opportunity to discuss and articulate what they
have learned. VHS 2971
The battle over school choice. 2000. 1 videocassette (60 min.). With more students
than ever enrolled in kindergarten through high
school, education is now a top voter concern.
What's needed to improve our public schools --
better teachers, smaller classes, greater parent
involvement, higher standards, more tests? Or,
is privatization the answer? Democrats and Republicans
differ sharply on the issue of school vouchers
and whether public funds should be used to pay
for private or parochial schools. Program explores
the political debate over the reform of public
education and investigates the spectrum of "school
choice" options -- from vouchers to charter
schools to for-profit academies -- and their growing
popularity in troubled inner cities. Also interviews
presidential candidates Al Gore and George W.
Bush about their views on reform initiatives and
looks at their track records on improving public
schools. VHS 6402
The Bonds of pride. The Arab world. 1991. 1 videocassette (30 min.). The three scholars
discuss language, family life, humor, and education
in the Arab countries. VHS 3924
Children in America's schools. 1996. 1 videocassette (120 min.). This program examines
the extreme range in physical conditions and educational
opportunities presented in the rural, suburban,
and city schools in Ohio. The property tax
funding of schools has created a situation where
some districts can only spend 3,000 dollars per
pupil in old, unsafe, dilapidated buildings, while
other districts can afford to spend 12,000 dollars
per pupil per year while maintaining modern, state-of-the-art
environments. VHS 4020
Cien niños esperando un tren. 1988.
1 videocassette (57 min.). In Chile, a group of
elementary students learn about film making and
film history. VHS 3150
Classroom climate. Teachers tackle thinking: Curriculum Materials Center. 1988.
1 videocassette (28 min.). Programs stress content
learning and thinking skills for elementary-secondary
teachers. Program stresses creating and maintaining
a classroom climate that encourages the development
of thinking skills. Sandra Kaplan (National State
Leadership Training Institute) discusses the critical
nature of classroom climate where thinking is
concerned. Stan Johnson (inferencing) and Linda
Scott (hypothesis testing) show the kind
of thinking that can be done in a psychologically
safe classroom. VHS 2612
Classroom climate workshops [gender equity] / a joint
venture of [the Purdue University] Schools of
Engineering, Science, and Liberal Arts.
1996. 1 videocassette (30 min.). Objective of
the video is to present dramas that deal with
the issue of gender inequity in the classroom
in order to increase awareness of issues, explore
teachers' attitudes and consider steps to improve
the classroom climate. Video contains three scenes
that illustrate gender inequity in the classroom.
Each scene is introduced by a narrator and shows
a teaching assistant interacting with students
in a chemistry lab. Cues are provided so that
the tape may be stopped for discussion. Guide
offers a step-by-step approach to using the video
in a gender equity workshop. KIT 81
Classroom design with technology in mind. Curriculum Materials Center. 1994. 1 videocassette
(123 min.). Discusses the future of technology
application in the classroom and its potential
impact. VHS 2486
Classroom research: Empowering teachers. 1990. 1 videocassette (15 min.). Interviewed teachers
remark on effectiveness of several specific, demonstrated
techniques for soliciting feedback from students.
VHS 1529
Common miracles: The new American revolution in learning.
Curriculum Materials Center. 1991. 1 videocassette
(50 min.). A look at communities all across America
that are using innovative programs to enable children
to find their special strengths and become eager
learners. Through the use of exciting techniques
such as interactive study, individualized apprenticeships,
catch-up programs and parental power in the schools,
today's students are beginning to flourish. The
program features insightful interviews with children,
parents, psychologists, school principals, teachers
and scientists. VHS 2255
Cooperative learning. Curriculum Materials Center. 1991. 1 videocassette (90 min.).
Presents an in-service training program for teachers
on cooperative learning groups, including how
to write effective lesson plans and ensure student
participation in the learning process. VHS 2099
Creative beginnings. The creative spirit: Curriculum Materials Center. 1991. 1 videocassette
(59 min.). Looks at how adult creativity is formed
by childhood experiences and asks whether we are
crushing or liberating the creativity of our children.
Examines new teaching techniques to encourage
creativity. Explores creativity in the home
with suggestions for avoiding "creativity
killers. VHS 1698
Curwin and Mendler's Discipline with dignity . 1991? 3 videocassettes (ca. 20 min. each). Offers
the skills and strategies for today's youth care
and education professionals to deal with disruption,
and positively affect the lives of youth.
It is a comprehensive, practical program that
leads to better behavior based on mutual respect
and dignity; replacing threats and power struggles.
KIT 70
Cyber students.
Life on the Internet. 1996. 1 videocassette
(30 min.). Describes the growth of the Internet
from the grassroots up. Schools, educators, and
parents are taking the lead in introducing the
Internet to students. VHS 3734
Dawn of the people: Nicaragua's literacy crusade. 1983. 1 videocassette (26 min.). This film, sponsored
by the Sandinista Front for National Liberation,
describes the literacy crusade launched by the
Sandinista government of Nicaragua. Almost 70,000
volunteers went into the villages of Nicaragua
to teach both children and adults to read and
write. VHS 1125
A day at school in Moscow. 1986. 1 videocassette (24 min.). Film look at the daily
schedule and lives of children aged seven through
sixteen in 3 different Moscow schools. Offers
a selective depiction by Americans of an aspect
of Soviet life and a presentation by a few Soviets
of themselves and their daily lives. The study
guide includes ideas for introducing and discussing
the tape ; a transcript of the tape ; an interview
with the makers of the tape ; questions commonly
asked by Americans after seeing the tape ; and
an extensive bibliography and resources list.
VHS 273
Decision making.
Teachers tackle thinking: Curriculum Materials
Center. 1988. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Programs
stress content learning and thinking skills for
elementary-secondary teachers. Gary A. Davis (University
of Wisconsin-Madison) discusses decision making
in effective thinking. Teachers demonstrate and
comment on helping students become effective decision
makers in content areas. VHS 2617
Definitions of access: Where will they lead us? 1998. 1 videocassette (19 min.). Presents the results
of the Policy Panel on Reconceptualizing Access
and Its Ramifications for Data Systems held in
cooperation with American Council on Education
in September 1997. Five leading experts on access
policy and research present the implications of
broadening the definition of access as it is used
in postsecondary education. Contains excerpts
from the presentations, a brief summary of findings
from a bibliographic study of research on access,
and recommendations for conducting research and
developing policy regarding access. VHS 5939
Digital divide.
2000. 2 videocassettes (57 min. each). Part one
shows visits to several high schools in an examination
of the push to wire America's schools and the
effectiveness of incorporating the new computer
technology into the curriculum. Part two looks
at economic challenges to community and home access
to computers and the Internet, and explores the
fundamental alienation felt by many girls and
students of color in the computer world, and the
need for fostering an environment of inclusion.
VHS 6193
Ecce homo.
1999. 5 videocassettes (53 min. ea.). Identifies
five elements of society (education, work, commerce,
punishment, and social classes) and explores how
they have evolved, from their earliest manifestations
in hunter/gatherer communities to the highly refined
forms recognized today. Noted scholars discuss
each phenomenon, offering insights into how institutions
change to reflect a society's needs and values.
VHS 6820
The education race. Learning in America. 1989. 1 videocassette (58 min.). Provides
a comparison of the U.S. education system with
that of Japan. Compares the serious academic standards
of Japan's high schools to the social, carefree,
athletic emphasis of American schools. VHS 608
Enhancing thinking in science. Teachers tackle thinking: Curriculum Materials Center.
1988. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Programs stress
content learning and thinking skills for elementary-secondary
teachers. Students learn to differentiate between
science lessons that are extended vocabulary lessons
and those that prepare students to be life long
learners in science. VHS 2622
Enhancing thinking in the language arts. Teachers tackle thinking: Curriculum Materials Center.
1988. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Programs stress
content learning and thinking skills for elementary-secondary
teachers. Students learn how thinking activities
can be made coincidental goals along with reading,
writing, speaking, and listening goals. Describes
writing and speaking activities and shows segments
from lessons in elementary, middle, and high school
classrooms. Includes an interview with John M.
Kean, a professor of curriculum and instruction
who trains language arts teachers. VHS 2619
Experiential learning in early schooling. Curriculum Materials Center. 1992. 1 videocassette
(19 min.). Experiential learning allows a child
to organize activities, accept responsibility,
direct one's own learning, undertake trial and
error, determine the purpose of an experience,
and assess it. This video, designed for early
childhood educators, teacher educators, administrators,
and parents, shows children from ethnically diverse
backgrounds from kindergarten to third grade involved
in experienced-based learning. Using classroom
footage and narration, it identifies and demonstrates
the critical elements of experiential learning.
Filmed in Regina, Canada. VHS 2061
Federalism.
Constitution, that delicate balance. 1984.
1 videocassette (60 min.). Discusses areas of
federal-state dispute and role of court as referee.
Questions whether the Federal Government can offer
special incentives to local school boards to foster
the national good and if so, will the standards
it imposes lead to a meritocracy? Focuses specifically
on access to public school buildings by the handicapped
and federal control of curricula. VHS 1196
The heart of the nation. Challenge to America. 1994. 1 videocassette
(58 min.). Explores the central values of Japan,
Germany, and the U.S. and focuses on what drives
each of these societies. America's hallmark is
individualism; Japan's the pre-eminence of the
group. In America, freedom and diversity are primary
values; in Japan, conformity and a powerful sense
of nationalism prevail. Germany stands between
the two. Based on the premise that the work ethic
for national economic success develops from the
socio-cultural attitudes instilled at 2nd grade
level in school, the program compares one primary
and one secondary school class in: Stuttgart,
Germany; Toyota City, Japan; and Kansas City,
USA. VHS 2482
High school.
198. 1 videocassette (75 min.). Filmed at Philadelphia's
Northeast High, film deals with the ideology and
values of a large urban high school as seen through
encounters between students, teachers, and parents
in guidance sessions, college counseling, discipline,
faculty meetings, corridor patrol, and brings
out the implications of education at a very large
high school. VHS 3701
How to teach students to write well. How to teach. 1993. 1 videocassette (ca. 60
min.). Presenter Richard Paul explains and models
how to teach for excellence in analytic writing.
He details specific strategies and documents some
basic mistakes in writing instruction. VHS 4278
pt 3
I am a promise: The children of Stanton Elementary School.
1993. 1 videocassette (ca. 90 min.). Enter an
inner-city school equipped with few resources
and surrounded by a community where drugs, crime,
and poor housing offer a bleak setting in which
to grow up. Looks at the Headstart to 5th graders
at the Stanton Elementary School in North Philadelphia.
Stanton is a Chapter One school which receives
federal funding because of the poverty in this
area. Principal Deanna Bernie does her best to
give these children the same quality education
that more fortunate children have. Includes disciplinary
methods, experimental classes, and information
about the home lives of some of the children in
this inner city environment. VHS 2945
Inside teaching: Exploring teaching styles. Curriculum Materials Center. 1990. 1 videocassette
(30 min.). Designed for teacher trainers, this
program shows how to present workshops in teaching
effectiveness. It uses examples from junior and
senior high school classrooms to show how to organize
lectures, incorporate audiovisuals into presentations,
conduct discussion sessions, manage classroom
conflict, and establish a conducive climate for
diverse students. KIT 42
K. Patricia Cross on classroom research. 1990. 1 videocassette (27 min.). K. Patricia Cross
describes classroom research as the real-world
careful, systematic and patient study of what
students are learning and what teaching methods
are most effective. VHS 1735
Kennedy v. Wallace: A crisis up close. 1991. 1 videocassette (60 min.). A film originally
made in 1963 as "Crisis : behind a Presidential
commitment," shows Pres. Kennedy & Gov.
Wallace during the confrontation over the desegregation
of Alabama schools. Re-edited to include thoughts
of Nicholas Katzenbach and Vivian Malone.
VHS 3514
Knowledge navigator. 1988. 1 videocassette (6 min.). This film provides a glimpse of how
developments in information technology dramatically
change the daily routine and work of a college
professor in the 21st century. VHS 3431
A leap of faith.
1997. 1 videocassette (87 min.). Documentary about
the "Irish Troubles" as seen through
the first year of a primary school in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. The year is 1993 and four families
in Belfast band together to create a school under
the direction of educator Helen Farrimond that
integrates their Catholic and Protestant children
in a search for the peace that neither politics
nor terrorism has achieved. Using archival sections
to explain the conflict, this program integrates
a history of Ireland's "troubles" with
a story of hope. VHS 4632
Making large classes interactive. 1995. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.). How even large
classes can be made interactive; discussion of
strategies with classroom examples. VHS 3965
Making larger classes work. 1994. 1 videocassette (38 min.). While intended primarily
for members of the faculty at Indiana University,
and in particular newer faculty members, shows
how faculty at any large university, especially
new faculty, who are charged with teaching large
lecture classes, can make their larger classes
effective, and what sources they can go to for
help in doing so.VHS 3156
Math & science education. 1997. 1 videocassette (ca. 75 min.). Dr. William Schmidt
outlines the recently released results of the
third such study that included fourth, eighth
and twelfth graders from 50 different nations.
He examines why U.S. students continue to rank
well behind other highly developed nations and
how this information can help educators reform
U.S. math and science in elementary and secondary
schools. He also takes questions from the audience.
VHS 4664
Mentoring the new teacher. Curriculum Materials Center. 1994. 9 videocassettes
(154 min.). Designed to promote teacher reflection
and dialogue among pre-service, entry-year, and
veteran teachers in a variety of settings. It
demonstrates that there is no single right answer
or best strategy to professional problems, but
rather a diversity of possible answers and a range
of effective strategies. The videos are designed
to involve participants in personal reflection,
group discussion, and collegial problem solving.
VHS 3328-3336
Motivation to learn: Guidelines for parent-teacher conferences.
Curriculum Materials Center. 1990. 1 videocassette
(27 min.). Features: "Actual conferences
to help students with motivational problems. Illustrates
8 guidelines recommended by Raymond Wlodkowski
that enable parents, teachers, and students to
work together more effectively.". VHS 2980
The new ABC's.
Innovation, the future is now. 1992. 1
videocassette (ca. 60 min.). Discusses how computers
have changed and can change learning environments
for individuals of all ages in various social
and economic situations. Illustrates a number
of innovative programs. VHS 1653
Obrazovanie vsem. 1981. 1 videocassette (30 min.). Beginning with Lenin, the Soviet Union
has developed a comprehensive educational system
that includes public schooling, including higher
education for those who qualify, as well as industrial,
vocational and adult education. In addition to
school studies, young people belong to youth organizations.
By the time the film was made in 1981, one-third
of Soviet citizens were in some kind of school
and one out of ten had received higher education.
As the English translation of the title says,
it is "Education for all.". VHS 463
Olympics of the mind. Creativity with Bill Moyers. 1981. 1 videocassette (30 min.).
Focuses on the 1981 finals of the Olympics of
the Mind, a creative problem solving competition
relating to science and technology, and participated
in by over 1500 schools. Shows how it is a competition
of mental games and that it illustrates that creative
thought can be taught and practiced in schools
to encourage students to stretch their minds.
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Paying the freight. Learning in America. 1989. 1 videocassette (58 min.). Examines
attempts being made to improve American public
schools. Discusses how and on what basis proposals
and reforms are being tried at local, state and
national levels. VHS 612
Portfolios.
Redesigning assessment. 1992. 1 videocassette
(40 min.). Discusses the use of portfolios by
students in the classroom as a performance-based
learning assessment tool. VHS 3014
Problem solving.
Teachers tackle thinking: Curriculum Materials
Center. 1988. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Programs
stress content learning and thinking skills for
elementary-secondary teachers. Demonstrating how
to teach problem-solving skills, this program
visits classrooms to document the approaches of
different teachers. Viewers observe elementary
school students using computers to work on a problem
solving situation; fifth-grade students using
problem-solving techniques in mathematics; a social
problems class studying adolescent communication
problems, and an English class uses a force-field
analysis. VHS 2616
Professional ethics: A guide for educators. 1992. 1 videocassette (22 min.). Discusses professional
ethics in the school setting. Considers four principles
that guide ethical behavior: fair play, greater
good, Golden Rule and equity and justice. VHS
5898
Research on training. Curriculum Materials Center: The effective teacher. 1987. 1 videocassette
(28 min.). Teachers and education professors discuss
the methods of conducting research in learning
and teaching effectiveness and the ways in which
teachers can integrate the results of such research
into their teaching. Methods include direct
observation, questionnaire and interviews, and
time studies. VHS 2397
Room 109: Decision points in elementary classrooms. Curriculum Materials Center: The classroom management
decision point series. 1987. 1 videocassette
(19 min.). Presents situations with elementary
school students in situations which will
confront the public school teacher in the elementary
classroom. Examples include inattentiveness, note-passing,
lost lunch money, and noise, after each of which
the action is momentarily interrupted for a "decision
point" to diagnose the situation and to correct
it. VHS 2259
Room 309: Decision points in secondary classrooms. Curriculum Materials Center: The classroom management
decision point series. 1987. 2 videocassettes
(28 min.). Uses open-ended vignettes of scenes
from a teacher's nightmare to stimulate discussion
of how to manage problematic situations. Volume
1 features situations typical of a junior high
classroom, including students napping in class,
passing notes, procrastinating, and arguing. Volume
2 focuses on senior high students day-dreaming,
doing homework for another class, cheating, and
flirting. VHS 2260
Schools that work. Learning in America. 1990. 1 videocassette (120 min.). Examines
four ordinary elementary schools which have exemplary
teachers and principals. Identifies qualities
that enable these schools to succeed, with the
hope that these methods can be used in other schools.
Done as a follow-up to the five previous shows
in the series. Schools used as examples are: Northview
School, Manhattan, Kansas; Columbia Park School,
Landover, Maryland; City Magnet School, Lowell,
Massachusetts; and Lazano Special School, Corpus
Christi, Texas. VHS 613
The supervision casebook. 1995. 1 videocassette (28 min.). The videocassette
includes six vignettes based on real-life student
teaching experiences. The guide includes
the scripts for the vignettes and other resources
to help experienced teachers supervise student
teachers. KIT 75
Surfin' the Internet: Practical ideas for K-12 classrooms.
Curriculum Materials Center. 1995. 1 videocassette
(33 min.). How educators can identify Internet
resources, create lessons to help students use
the resources, integrate those resources into
classroom activities, and initiate e-mail exchange
programs around the world. VHS 3656
Taking back the schools. Chicano! : history of the Mexican American civil
rights movement. 1996. 1 videocassette (57
min.). Documents the Mexican-American struggle
to reform an educational system that failed to
properly educate Chicano students, resulting in
a more than 50% drop out rate, and leaving many
others illiterate and unskilled. It focuses on
the 1968 walkout by thousands of Mexican-American
high school students in East Los Angeles, which
resulted in conspiracy indictments against 13
community leaders. VHS 4213
Teach your children. Learning in America. 1989. 1 videocassette (58 min.). Discusses
what and how American children are taught in geography,
math, reading and science and why students are
graduating while basically ignorant in these subjects.
Discusses mediocre textbooks. Explores new and
different ways to reach students. VHS 610
Teachers tackle thinking. Curriculum Materials Center. 1988. 12 videocassettes
(ca. 30 min. each). Programs stress content learning
and thinking skills for elementary-secondary teachers.
VHS 2611-2622
Teaching reading: Strategies from successful classrooms.
Curriculum Materials Center. 1991. 6 videocassettes
(276 min.). A series of six programs designed
as simulated field experience for teacher training.
Each program includes several segments showing
a successful, experienced teacher in action in
the classroom, alternating with interview segments
during which the teacher talks about the techniques,
approaches, and attitudes which contribute to
successful teaching of reading. VHS 2604-2608
Technologies to get us there and beyond. Imagine. 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Members
of Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group
describe future possibilities in educational technology
using the Macintosh computer. Includes interactive
computers which respond to speech; the "spider"
communication system which allows persons to see
and talk to each other via computer while looking
at the same document on the computer screen; simulations
of meteorological phenomena; and other computer-based
educational technology now being developed. Emphasis
is on applications in higher education. VHS 3432
The truth about teachers. 1989. 1 videocassette (47 min.). Shows outstanding
teachers across the U.S. who are making a profound
and positive difference in the lives of their
students. VHS 726
Unequal education. Moyers collection. 1994. 1 videocassette (57 min.). The initial
segment focuses on inequality in the education
available in rich and poor New York neighborhood
schools. A group of four recently graduated high
school students produced and reported this segment
which is followed by a roundtable discussion between
Moyers, Jonathan Kazol and John Chubb on school
vouchers. Also has Kathleen Hall Jamieson briefly
commenting on the 1992 Presidential campaign.
VHS 5955
Upstairs downstairs. Learning in America. 1989. 1 videocassette (58 min.). Examines
what critics argue is a two-tiered educational
system in the U.S.: one consisting of well-funded
public and private schools, the other made up
of schools in urban and rural areas that lack
the resources necessary to provide an equal standard
of education. It explores why children are falling
through the cracks in the system, as well as why
some programs are making a difference. VHS 609
Vygotsky's developmental theory: An introduction. 1994. 1 videocassette (28 min.). "This program
introduces the life, vocabulary and concepts of
Lev Vygotsky. The video illustrates four basic
concepts integral to his work: Children construct
knowledge, learning can lead development, development
cannot be separated from its social context, and
language plays a central role in cognitive development."
Includes commentary by Deborah Leong and Elena
Bodrova; offers examples from the classroom that
"enable students, teachers in training, and
classroom teachers to incorporate these concepts
into their understanding of child development."
(Summary taken from the Davidson Films website:
www.davidsonfilms.com). Kit 100
Wanted, a million teachers. Learning in America. 1989. 1 videocassette (58
min.). Discusses the profession of teaching in
America: its image, and why teachers leave. Airs
common complaints and what teachers say needs
improving. Discusses shortages of teachers
in certain subjects. Tells what some states are
doing to attract and keep good teachers. VHS 611
The Wave. 1989.
1 videocassette (46 min.). Re-creates the classroom
experiment in which a high-school teacher formed
his own "Reich" to show why the German
people could so willingly endorse Nazism. VHS
3571
Why do these kids love school? 1990. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Documents a variety
of alternative approaches in education, providing
an intimate look at nine different schools. VHS
1625
College
American social behavior: Sources of cross-cultural misunderstanding.
1980. 1 videocassette (30 min.). A guide for orienting
foreign students to American social behavior by
presenting seven scenes of social interaction
among Americans, with an analysis of each. VHS
3434
The American University Washington, D.C. 1989. 1 videocassette (10 min.). The American University
experience as told by students and faculty in
their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom,
social life, student body composition, and the
opportunities available to students living in
the nation's capital. VHS 710, 6398
Campus sense.
1998. 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.). Video offers
safety tips and how-to's for personal and property
safety on campus. Looks at issues such as:
residence hall safety, personal safety and property
control, traveling alone on campus or around town,
safeguards against alcohol and drug abuse, preventing
assaults and date rape, automobiles at school:
parking lots, theft, and carjackings. VHS 5937
The Changing nature of work. 1996. 3 videocassettes (90 min.). These videos explore
job attitudes, work motivation and performance,
job design, decision making, and organizational
change. Pt. 1. Waitress: features Toni who discusses
her work, customer relations, and expected performance.
-- pt. 2. Lobstermen: shows the decision
making process employed by Maine father and son
George and Carl Johnson in accounting for uncertainty,
competitors, regulations and experience. -- pt.
3. University President: features Richard Cyert,
former President of Carnegie Mellon University,
who introduced an early computer network on the
campus. VHS 3939
Dealing with problems: Video vignettes to stimulate discussion
of difficult classroom situations. 1988. 1 videocassette (14 min.). Real life college classroom simulations
and student/professor interactions presented to
stimulate discussion about problems in college
instruction.VHS 1505
Engaging students in the large class. Master teaching series. 1994. 1 videocassette
(ca. 35 min.). This video suggests ways to maximize
students' engagement and interaction in a large
class that take special forms of energy and committment
to teach. Features faculty and students
at Brigham Young University. KIT 47
Esther Lloyd-Jones perspectives on the student personnel
point of view, 1937-1987.
1988. 1 videocassette (45 min.). An interview
with Esther Lloyd Jones by Dennis C. Roberts for
the American College Personnel Association provides
the viewer with a sense of the historical origins
of the student personnel point of view. VHS 614
Exposing the naked truth: Use and abuse of the Internet.
Issues and solutions in higher education series.
1997. 1 videocassette (90 min.). Examines issues
that arise when institutions attempt to define
policies delineating allowable Internet use, particularly
given the continual evolution of the law in this
area. Presents perspectives on academic
freedom, institutional liability, freedom of speech,
censorship, implications of new telecommunications
law, and the role of the Internet in instruction
and research. VHS 4245
Frosh, nine months in a freshman residence hall. 1993. 1 videocassette (98 min.). A documentary filmed
at Stanford University during the 1990/91 school
year. Two filmmakers moved into a freshman residence
hall and followed a new group of students from
move-in day to spring finals. We watch as 10 students
from varied backgrounds grapple with a multitude
of psycho-social developmental concerns including
cultural, ethnic and class differences, the issues
of substance abuse and sexual relationships, academic
and career choices, stress management, autonomy
and community building. VHS 2398
Fulbright grants for U.S.: Faculty & professional
consider the possibilities.
1991. 1 videocassette (15 min.). Officials of
the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
describe the application and selection process
for Fulbright grants. Several faculty members
who were awarded grants describe their experiences
as Fulbright scholars. In some cases, other family
members are interviewed also. VHS 1495
Get real. 1995.
1 videocassette (14 min.). Lesley Stahl interviews
professors and student Lisa Hanson about the tenure
system and the emphasis on research which reduces
or eliminates undergraduate teaching from the
workload of many senior professors. The emphasis
on research grants and research has produced an
expensive journal industry but also many useful
results, and tenure protects academic freedom.
VHS 3189
Handling hordes: Teaching large lectures. 1991. 1 videocassette (55 min.). Reece McGee discusses
and demonstrates how to teach large lecture classes
effectively and humanely. VHS 1656
Higher education: Paying the price. Today's life choices. 1994? 1 videocassette
(29 min.). Using a combination of film clips of
campus life and scenes, economic graphs, and short
interviews, the program poses several issues:
In this time of increased costs and shrinking
revenues, how are colleges and universities changing?
Can they retain quality and diversity? How
can the productivity of faculty be measured?
How can the benefits be measured against the cost?
How can universities afford the need to increase
financial aid? What new funding sources
are available? VHS 2919
Higher education: The role of research. Today's life choices. 1994? 1 videocassette
(29 min.). Using a combination of film clips of
campus life and scenes, economic graphs, and short
interviews, the program discusses the changing
role of college teachers in recent years.
Tenure-track faculty members often work 50 to
60 hours per week and feel great pressure to obtain
research grants and to publish extensively, but
sometimes at the expense of undergraduate teaching.
Although most research enhances teaching, rising
costs and reduced undergraduate teaching loads
lead legislatures, students, parents and the general
public to insist that faculty members balance
the time and attention paid to teaching and research,
find better ways to evaluate teaching effectiveness,
and design performance measures that will ensure
accountability. VHS 2920
Inequity in the classroom. 1991. 1 videocassette (27 min.). Examines the often
subtle and inadvertent sexual and racial biases
that women students frequently encounter in colleges,
universities and adult education settings. VHS
3489
Legacy Week ceremony. 1991. 1 videocassette (41 min.). Film of the opening ceremony of Legacy
Week, a series of events commemorating President
John F. Kennedy's commencement address at the
American University, June 10, 1963, proposing
a test ban treaty. Following introductory
remarks by student organizers and by Acting President
Milton Greenberg, the featured speaker, Senator
Edward M. Kennedy, proposed a six-point program
of "social security for children" to
complete the unfinished work of President Kennedy's
administration. The film concludes with
scenes at the plaque on the Kennedy Terrace, located
adjacent to Reeves Athletic Field, the spot on
which President Kennedy stood when making his
commencement address. VHS 1380
Lifelong learning in the 21st century. 1996. 1 videocassette (33 min.). Draves discusses how
education has already changed due to technology,
market forces (which put the learner in control)
and the emergence of the for-profit sector in
competition with traditional educational institutions.
He expects the changes to accelerate in the next
few decades until learning is a part everyone's
daily life at every age. VHS 4105
Maximizing multi-media: A how-to session for faculty. 1993. 1 videocassette (93 min.). Teleconference presents
a how-to use multimedia in the college classroom.
It displays Multimedia Toolworks! as the software
to acomplish this task. VHS 2345
Multimedia 101: Getting started. 1990. 1 videocassette (61 min.). Demonstrates new educational
media technologies utilizing the Macintosh computer.
Emphasizes applications for higher education.
VHS 992
Multimedia: How does it really work in the classroom? 1993. 1 videocassette (120 min.). Explores the various
applications of multimedia techniques to university
and college teaching. VHS 1989
Networked information and the scholar. 1994. 1 videocassette (227 min.). A national satellite
videoconference focusing on the growing use of
networked information and how it can support the
goals of higher education. To plan for the future
and cope with the present, faculty and administrators
need to understand the positive and negative impacts
of networked information on policies, scholarly
communication, and on the nature of teaching and
research. VHS 3239
New learning communities: Integrating networks and networked
information into undergraduate teaching and learning. 1994. 1 videocassette (59 min.). Two-day conference
held in spring, 1994, at Estrella Mountain Community
College Center in Phoenix, Arizona, to bring together
ten U.S. colleges and universities to discuss
inter-college projects on networked information.
VHS 4099
Preparing tomorrow's professoriate. 1990. 1 videocassette (45 min.). Dr. Boyer provides
background on U.S. higher education and statistics
from a 1989 survey of college and university faculty.
He explains the conflict between the colonial
college tradition with its emphasis on teaching
and the German university tradition with its emphasis
on research. The tension between the two has affected
undergraduate education adversely; this is exacerbated
by the practice of using untrained teaching assistants
(TAs) in the undergraduate classroom. Since universities
have a moral obligation to develop students into
educated people, they must identify what constitutes
good teaching and include training in teaching
as well as research as part of graduate education,
especially for TAs. VHS 1732
President Clinton at American University, September 9,
1997.
1997. 1 videocassette (ca. 40 min.). President
Clinton briefly looks at the accomplishments in
his presidency to date and then looks ahead to
what he hopes to accomplish in conjunction with
Congress in the next three months. Issues he touches
on include: equal access to education, Pell Grants,
setting national educational standards, ensuring
the survival of Social Security and Medicare,
improving trade, strengthening the American family,
environmental issues, improving government efficiency,
building strong relationships with other countries
of the world and building a strong and unified
America. VHS 4985
Safe speech, free speech & the university. 1991. 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.). Panel discussion
that focuses on the issue of "fighting words"
on college campuses and the attempt to legislate
"politically correct" speech through
an enforced code. VHS 1349
Secrets of the SAT. 1999. 1 videocassette (60 min.). Examines the debate over fairness in
college admissions in a program that looks at
how the rise of the American meritocracy has created
a national obsession with test scores and a multimillion-dollar
test-prep industry. With legal challenges
to affirmative action spreading across the country,
Frontline investigates the impact of standardized
tests on racial diversity on college campuses.
Draws on the work of Nicholas Lemann and his five-year
study of the SAT. Lemann discusses the origins
of the SAT, the idea of an American meritocracy,
and how the SAT today has become a ticket into
America's ruling class. Looks at the booming test
prep business which offers test preparation courses
for students as young as 13 and also follow seven
students who are applying to the University of
California, Berkeley, the country's most selective
public university. Explores the debate over race
sensitive admission policies, takes a closer look
at the black-white test score gap and analyzes
and debates the reliability of standardized tests
like the SAT and their predictive ability for
success later in life. [Summary taken in part
from the Frontline website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/etc/synopsis].
VHS 6108
Seniors: Four years in retrospect. 1997. 1 videocassette (60 min.). They asked a simple
question to a handful of college seniors, "From
the vantage point of your senior year, what kind
of advice would you give to yourself as a freshman?".
VHS 4737
Sexual harassment in the academic workplace. 1993. 1 videocassette (26 min.). Designed to help all
members of the academic community, students, faculty
and staff to understand sexual harassment, to
show how to avoid risky or inappropriate behavior,
and to offer suggestions on how to avoid false
claims. VHS 2848
Shattering the silences. 1996. 1 videocassette (90 min.). Interviews with seven
minority faculty members from colleges across
the United States discuss their family backgrounds
and experiences as students and teachers. Most
are under stress to perform all of the usual faculty
functions plus the functions of researcher, mentor
and role model in their own ethnic communities
despite the isolation they feel on campuses where
90 percent of faculty members are white and both
multicultural education and affirmative action
are controversial. VHS 4104
Skin deep.
1995. 1 videocassette (53 min.). A diverse group
of college students reveal their honest feelings
and attitudes about race and racism. Students
are interviewed alone, and then discuss the issues
in a group setting. VHS 3447
Toward an ethical learning community. Master teaching series. 1994. 1 videocassette
(ca. 35 min.). Ethical teaching can be important
in students' learning process. This film
explores impacts of different teaching philosophies
and styles on the learning community. Discussions
of ethical teaching methods take place between
teachers and students at Brigham Young University.
KIT 48
Tracking the footprints of the postsecondary learner:
Technology and its data systems ramifications. 1998. 1 videocassette (28 min.). In a conference held in cooperation
with George Washington University in August 1997,
leading experts on technology-based instructional
delivery in postsecondary education examine questions
about the implications of multiple choices for
learning and credentialing in a technology-rich
society. VHS 5938
L' université. 1981. 1 videocassette (16 min.). In the first segment of this program,
three French students explain why they have chosen
to study at American universities. They
compare the French university system to that of
the United States. The second segment consists
of excerpts from an orientation film for French
lycée students. VHS 4975
Voices in a campus community. 1990. 1 videocassette (28 min.). Interviews with students,
faculty and administrators at SUNY/Binghamton
about attitudes, incidents and issues related
to multi cultural university communities, including
discrimination, affirmative action, and the conflict
between assimilation and cultural differences.
As one student says "If you declare that
you're different, you'd better expect to be to
be treated differently.". VHS 1494
Washington Semester Program since 1947. 1996. 1 videocassette (15 min.). Promotional video
including brief comments by faculty and students
in the Washington Semester Program that highlight
its nine disciplines and three aspects (seminars
with guest speakers, internships and research
project or elective) and the rich experience of
studying in Washington, D.C. with students from
throughout the United States and from many other
countries. VHS 4089
Where there's a will there's an-A: how to get better grades in college. 1988. 2 videocassettes (166 min.). Seminar provides
students with information to help them learn more
in less time, from knowing where to sit in class
to how to study for tests. VHS 966
Feature Films
Animal house.
1984. 1 videocassette (109 min.). The members
of Delta Tau Chi fraternity offend the straight-arrow
people on campus and try to get the best of Dean
Wormer. This spoof of college life in the 1960s
made food fights an art form. VHS 1717
The Breakfast Club. 1990. 1 videocassette (98 min.). Five teenage students (a jock, a dweeb,
a rebel, a wallflower and a spoiled brat) spend
a Saturday detention together in their high school
