By Whose Rules (Systems and Self)

Series: Self Incorporated

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Agency for Instructional Television

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: An open-ended film in which there is a dispute between the principal and two candidates in a school election. Designed to stimulate discussion about relationships between individuals and social systems and about the skills needed to work for change within social systems.

Complete Record: Episode 13 from the series Self Incorporated, a 15-program television/film series. Self Incorporated is designed to stimulate classroom discussion of critical issues and problems of early adolescence. It aims at helping 11- to 13-year-olds cope with the physical, social, and emotional changes they are experiencing. Self Incorporated was created under the management of the Agency for Instructional Television through the resources of a consortium of 42 state and provincial educational and broadcasting agencies, with additional assistance from Exxon Corporation. An open-ended film in which there is a dispute between the principal and two candidates in a school election. Designed to stimulate discussion about relationships between individuals and social systems and about the skills needed to work for change within social systems.