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In this programme, which is intended as a primary element of the block, we look in some detail at Metro High School, Chicago. The perspective is that of curriculum theory, but this is not an abstra...ct theoretical film. It is rather an attempt to capture the essential flavour and dominant characteristics of a number of Metro classes, and the atmosphere of their various locations around the city. We eavesdrop on marine biology at the Shedd Aquarium; animal behaviour at the Lincoln Park Zoo; improvisational theatre at 'Second City'; and black studies at the Centre for Inner City Studies, deep in the tense South side ghetto.
In this programme, which is intended as a primary element of the block, we look in some detail at Metro High School, Chicago. The perspective is that of curriculum theory, but this is not an abstra...ct theoretical film. It is rather an attempt to capture the essential flavour and dominant characteristics of a number of Metro classes, and the atmosphere of their various locations around the city. We eavesdrop on marine biology at the Shedd Aquarium; animal behaviour at the Lincoln Park Zoo; improvisational theatre at 'Second City'; and black studies at the Centre for Inner City Studies, deep in the tense South side ghetto.
| Module code and title: | E351, Urban education |
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| Item code: | E351; 08 |
| First transmission date: | 03-08-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:10 |
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| Producer: | Gwynn Pritchard |
| Contributors: | Nate Blackman; David Jenkins |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Betty Kneehauser; Beverley Sorrell; Centre for Inner City Studies; Curriculum theory; Lincoln Park Zoo; Metro High School, Chicago; Mike Lebles; School atmosphere; Second City Theatre; Shedd Aquarium; Vegetarianism |
| Footage description: | Nate Blackman, principal of 'Metro; the Chicago High School for Metropolitan Studies' introduces the programme. Voice over. David Jenkins sets the scene. Shots of Chicago: shore line, with tiered highways. Students and teachers comment on the courses and Blackman explain the credit system. A marine biology class at Shedd Aquarium. Students dissect fish under inspection from Metro science teacher Mike Lebles and aquarium curator Beverley Sorrell. They talk about the advantages and snags of this teaching method. Classroom shots. A group of students at a Zoo with a black teacher discuss Vegetarianism. Nate Blackman mentions the system of recruiting staff. A sequence at Second City Theatre, where Metro student learn improvisational drama. Actress in charge, Betty Kneehauser, explains her aims and leads an improvisation based on the news. Students on stage and in auditorium. Betty remarks on the type of audience: mostly white. Final sequence shows a class in black studies at the Centre for Inner City Studies. Shots of the buildings in the city's south side ghettoes. Two black teachers, Don and Shelby, handle the class as a double act. They discuss Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. David Jenkins sums up briefly. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71198 |
| Production number: | 00525_6066 |
| Videofinder number: | 3465 |
| Available to public: | no |
