As The Twig is Bent

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1968

Creator: Films Incorporated

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description:

AS THE TWIG IS BENT. (1943, sound, 11 min, b&w, 16mm)

Sponsor: Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. ProduCtion Co.: Motion picture Bureau, Affiliated Aetna Life Companies. Resources: Copyright 15dec1943 Mp14892; EFG (1947), 203; Mental Hygiene, 120–21. Holdings: LC/prelinger.

Focuses upon two upper - class kindergarten classrooms, one public and one private, to illustrate two basic teaching programs - - 'CURRICULUM - CENTERED,' emphasizing preparation for first grade, and 'LEARNING - PROCESS CENTERED,' emphasizing self - discovery.

Investigates the work of Dr. Perry Gilbert at Cornell University, who found that sharks have far more sensitive vision than was previously believed and that they can distinguish between light and dark objects in murky water. Shark repellents are tested and how they affect a shark under certain conditions and fail under others is explained. From the Experiment series.ilbert.

Complete Record:

AS THE TWIG IS BENT. (1943, sound, 11 min, b&w, 16mm) Sponsor: Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. ProduCtion Co.: Motion picture Bureau, Affiliated Aetna Life Companies. Resources: Copyright 15dec1943 Mp14892; EFG (1947), 203; Mental Hygiene, 120–21. Holdings: LC/prelinger.
Focuses upon two upper - class kindergarten classrooms, one public and one private, to illustrate two basic teaching programs - - 'CURRICULUM - CENTERED,' emphasizing preparation for first grade, and 'LEARNING - PROCESS CENTERED,' emphasizing self - discovery. Investigates the work of Dr. Perry Gilbert at Cornell University, who found that sharks have far more sensitive vision than was previously believed and that they can distinguish between light and dark objects in murky water. Shark repellents are tested and how they affect a shark under certain conditions and fail under others is explained. From the Experiment series.ilbert.


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