Looks at the aims and problems of the Sydney Road Community School, an alternative community school in Melbourne, and the nature of the experiment undertaken there. Each child is allowed to choose which subjects he wishes to take and which class he goes into with a particular teacher.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007608
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Alternative schools
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Experimental methods
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Study and teaching - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Victoria
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master