School's in, Soviet style

Australia, 1979

Film
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Episode of Series “Russian Education”.
Examines the present school system in the Soviet Union. Demonstrates the style of Soviet teaching which is fairly rigid and formal, with the emphasis on teacher dominated instruction and passive pupils, responding only when instructed to do so. A more flexible teaching style was introduced some years ago but was later abandoned. Photographer, Dean Semler; script, Roger Milliss; editor, Martyn Down; sound, George Hart, Howard Spry; commentator, Margaret Throsby.

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Credits

director

Arch Nicholson

editor

Martyn Down

producer

Tom Manefield

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:26:30:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1979

Appears in

Soviet style

Group of items

Soviet style

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

009474

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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