What's the problem?

Australia, 1978

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Episode of Series “Priority Schools series”
Examines the problems found by teachers and students in three different areas where the common denominators are high unemployment, low income and low educational priority by parents.
Suitable for teacher/tertiary level.

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Credits

director

Janet Isaac

producer

Jan Sharp

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:11:40:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1978

Appears in

Priority Schools

Group of items

Priority Schools

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017706

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

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

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sociology

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Evaluation

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Parent participation

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Research

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Learning ability

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Learning, Psychology o

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Students - Attitudes

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teachers - Attitudes

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teaching - Methodology

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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