Primary Education In England

Narrated by the headmistress of the Sea Mills Infant School in England, this film shows how non-graded education is felt to provide a better vehicle for learning than the regimented classroom situation. Using the concept of family grouping seen as an extension of the family and home, five, six, and seven year old boys and girls are all grouped together in order for the older or more advanced child to help his or her classmates., Observes student activities at the Sea Mills Infant School in Bristol, England, where a non-graded, "family grouping" system is used for five-, six-, and seven-year-olds. Explains that each child is free to select from the group projects available and is allowed to change activities whenever his interests dictate. Shows children participating in a program designed to teach concepts by doing rather than factual rote learning, noting that, unlike the restrictive atmosphere in traditional educational settings, this involvement format allows students to interact., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.