Spaces Between People

Duration: 16

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Learning Corporation of America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: . Edited from the motion picture, "To Sir, With Love." Faced with a class of "rejects from other schools, " a rookie teacher in England abandons the traditional curriculum approach in order to attempt contact at the human level., Dramatizes the conflicts between a dedicated black teacher and his unruly students and cynical colleagues in a London school which led him to abandon the traditional curriculum and develop a new one based on mutual rspect. Presents the mixed reactions of students and faculty to the new teacher's attempt to penetrate the wall of hostility and see his students not just as members of a "problem class" but as young men and women facing the complex challenges of adulthood. Specially edited from To Sir With Love, starring Sidney Poitier.

Complete Record: . Edited from the motion picture, "To Sir, With Love." Faced with a class of "rejects from other schools, " a rookie teacher in England abandons the traditional curriculum approach in order to attempt contact at the human level., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.