What teacher expects...the self fulfilling prophecy (TEFC)

Canada, 1971

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A film presenting a provocative theory of interest to educators and parents: that a child’s performance in school is often closely related to what his teacher expects of him, rather than what an intelligence test might indicate him capable of. Dr. Robert Rosenthal of Harvard University and Dr. Sam Rabinovitch of McGill University and the Montreal Children’s Hospital discuss this little-recognised inter-reaction. This theory is demonstrated in teacher-pupil situations where the subject is word-recognition.

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Credits

co-director

Barrie Angus McLean

Cristin Weingartner

co-producer

Dorothy Courtois

Joseph Koenig

production company

ONF | NFB

Duration

00:26:17:00

Production places
Canada
Production dates
1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011844

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Primary

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Educational psychology

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Educators

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → School children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teachers - Attitudes

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teachers - Training of

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Achievement behavior in children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Education of children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → School children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Achievement behavior in children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Attitude (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behaviorism (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Developmental psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Educational psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychologists

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → School children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Stereotype (Psychology)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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