A Failure to communicate

Focuses on the importance of interactive talk in learning and looks at five different communication situations, each of which is shown in two different versions involving students and teachers.

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Credits

director

Justin Shortal

producer

Neil Barrett

production company

Video Education Australasia

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1991

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325284

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication in education

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

1 times

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Australia, 1991