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April 10, 1919
Connecticut Western News
North Canaan, Salisbury, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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Thomas A. Edison predicts in a recent interview that motion pictures will replace textbooks in schools and colleges, with films serving as the primary educational tool and a national film library in Washington distributing them.
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Films to Replace Books.
Motion pictures will take the place of textbooks in schools and colleges, according to Thomas A. Edison. In an interview recently.
"The only textbooks needed will be for the teacher's own use," declares the inventor of the motion picture camera. "A great film library of educational and industrial subjects should be built up in Washington. Then these films could be issued on the rental system to all institutions in the United States, even to the most remote rural schoolhouses, and the system could be so operated that it would pay its own way."
Asserting that "anything which can be taught to the ear can be taught better to the eye," Mr. Edison continued: "The moving object on the screen, the closest possible approximation to reality, is almost the same as bringing that object itself before the child or taking the child to that object. Film teaching will be done without any books whatsoever. The only textbooks needed will be for the teacher's own use. The films will serve as guideposts to these teacher instruction books, not the books as guides to the films."
By making "every class room and every assembly hall a movie show, 100 per cent attendance" will be assured, Mr. Edison says. "Why, you won't be able to keep boys and girls away from school then."
Motion pictures will take the place of textbooks in schools and colleges, according to Thomas A. Edison. In an interview recently.
"The only textbooks needed will be for the teacher's own use," declares the inventor of the motion picture camera. "A great film library of educational and industrial subjects should be built up in Washington. Then these films could be issued on the rental system to all institutions in the United States, even to the most remote rural schoolhouses, and the system could be so operated that it would pay its own way."
Asserting that "anything which can be taught to the ear can be taught better to the eye," Mr. Edison continued: "The moving object on the screen, the closest possible approximation to reality, is almost the same as bringing that object itself before the child or taking the child to that object. Film teaching will be done without any books whatsoever. The only textbooks needed will be for the teacher's own use. The films will serve as guideposts to these teacher instruction books, not the books as guides to the films."
By making "every class room and every assembly hall a movie show, 100 per cent attendance" will be assured, Mr. Edison says. "Why, you won't be able to keep boys and girls away from school then."
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Education Reform
Technological Innovation
What keywords are associated?
Motion Pictures
Textbooks
Education
Film Library
Thomas Edison
Visual Learning
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas A. Edison
Where did it happen?
Washington, United States
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Thomas A. Edison
Location
Washington, United States
Event Date
Recently
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Thomas A. Edison declares in an interview that motion pictures will replace textbooks in education, proposing a national film library for rental to schools, emphasizing visual learning over books, and predicting perfect attendance.