Video
Collection at the John D. Vairo Library
Education/Psychology
September 2007
The following titles are available at Vairo Library. Film descriptions
are from the LIAS CAT entries, most of which are copied or derived
from the film containers. For more information on any of the titles,
search the LIAS CAT by title, and limit the material type to Video
Material.
49 Up. (2006)
The seventh installment in Michael Apted's Up Series. In 1964,
14 children from diverse backgrounds were interviewed about their
lives and dreams. Every seven years, Apted has been back to talk
to them, examining the progression of their lives.
Balancing learning standards
with students' diverse learning needs. (2006)
"
If diversity and special needs are prominent factors in a learning
environment, teachers may have to juggle mandated standards with
students' personal challenges. This video addresses that balancing
act, demonstrating how experienced educators have mastered it.
Focusing on multilevel instructional planning, the program explores
the use of educational channels, individualized support, and interpersonal
engagement--showing how to deliver lessons and assess student progress
based on communication style, learning preference, and other variables.
An extensive bonus interview with Dr. Diane Ashby, Dean of Illinois
State University's College of Education, is included."--From
container.
Being
gay coming out in the 21st century. (2003)
This program presents the accounts and
stories of gays who have recently taken the step of coming
out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important
transition by examining
the six stages of coming to terms with one's sexual identity.
Beyond F.A.T. city a look back, a look ahead. (2005)
Offers practical strategies and inspirational advice for teachers
and parents of children with learning disabilities who constantly
struggle with Frustration, Anxiety, and Tension (F.A.T.).
Building
Bridges. / Produced In Association With The Greater Cleveland
Roundtable
; A Production Of Stuart Math Films. New York, Stuart Math
Films.
c1998.
1 Videocassette (20 Min.). Sd., Col. + 1 Resource Guide
Summary: Profiles The Student Group On Race Relations, A Student-Led
High School Group That Works With Sixth Graders To Foster Interracial
Understanding And Communication In The Shaker Heights, Ohio Public
Schools.
A class divided. (1997)
In
1970 Jane Elliott, a public school teacher in Iowa
, divided her all-white third-graders
into blue and brown-eyed groups for a lesson in discrimination.
On successive days, each group was treated as inferior and subjected
to discrimination. This documentary reunites the teacher and class
after 15 years to relate the enduring effects of their experiment.
Closing the achievement gap: an essay
by Clarence Page. (2004)
"This is the story of Amistad Academy , a charter school founded in
1999 by a group of Yale Law School students who enlisted the help
of local business and community leaders. Amistad serves about 250
students, 97% of whom are black and Latino kids in grades five
through
eight. 84% of the children qualify for the federal free lunch program.
These students represent a population that is traditionally underserved
by the district public school system; they enter Amistad in the
fifth grade, on average, more than two years below grade level.
But by the time they leave Amistad in the eighth grade, most of
these urban kids are doing as well or better than their white suburban
counterpart." -- container.
The complete Blue eyed. (2004)
For over 30 years Jane Elliott has been America's most highly
acclaimed diversity trainer. Her powerful and controversial "blue
eyed/brown eyed" exercise has had a life-changing impact
on thousands in schools, corporations and government. The original "Blue
eyed," the definitive record of her technique, proved so
powerful that is has been made into three separate versions so
it can be conveniently used in any setting.
Constructing the self. (2004)
(Publisher description) This program studies how children continue
to transform between the ages of 4 and 11 as they confront and
come to terms with fear, adversity, death, and their nascent
sexuality. Much attention is paid to the latency period, the
intermediate age when boys and girls suddenly stop playing together,
crave alone-time, and often clash with their parents. Child psychiatrists,
psychologists, and counselors discuss the value of saying no
and how establishing limits helps a child deal with adulthood's
parameters.
The culture of emotions: a cultural
competence and diversity training program. (2002)
Explores
the variety of ways the diverse cultures of America
understand mind and body, and the disorders
to which mind and body are subject. Designed to introduce cultural
competence and diversity skills to mental/behavior health professionals
and students. Introduces a diagnostic system (the DSM-IV "Outline
for cultural formulation") for the assessment and treatment
of psychiatric disorders across cultural boundaries and diagnostic
categories.
Education for what? Learning social responsibility. (2004)
A documentary examining the role college students play in helping
solve community problems as part of their regular curriculum.
Shot on location in six urban campuses across the country,
the program takes a critical look at service learning: how
this curriculum works and its impact on students, faculty,
and the larger community.
Ethics In Action.
c1998.
1 videocassette (62 min.)
Summary: This video features 12 vignettes that demonstrate ethical
situations and responses. The student workbook provides exercises
and guidelines for resolving ethical dilemmas. The video focuses
on three areas: The first, Basic elements of ethical decision making.
The second segment focus is, How counselor values influence the
helping relationship with clients. The final segment, The importance
of defining appropriate boundaries in work with clients.
Audience: For students and practicing clinicians in any of the helping
professions that encounter ethical issues and dilemmas.
Fast,
cheap & out of control. (2002)
Documentary contains a collection of interviews,
cartoons, stock footage and old movies that examine the madness of
genius. The First year. (2004)
Every
year the United States
hires 250,000 new teachers. On September 7, five teachers will
begin their new journey. These five young teachers fight the real fight:
educating our children, one child at a time. Shows the human side
of the story, revealing all the determination and commitment it
takes to survive in America 's
toughest school systems.
Healing and the Mind.
c1993.
5 videocassettes (318 min.)
Contents: Volume 1 : Mystery of Chi -- volume 2 : The mind body
connection -- volume 3 : Healing from within -- volume 4 : The
art
of healing -- volume 5 :Wounded healers.
Summary: In Healing and the Mind Bill Moyers talks with physicians,
scientists, therapists, and patients- people who are taking a new
look at
the meaning of sickness and health.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Penn State Brandywine, v.1-v.5
Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross: facing death. (2002)
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross who has
devoted her life to the study of death and dying, has done much
to de-stigmatize dying and to draw attention to the treatment of
the terminally ill. Now she lives in seclusion in the Arizona desert,
on the verge of the transition she researched so passionately. Conversations
with Elisabeth form the core of the film as she looks back on her
life, describes her childhood and her work and explains how she
herself faces aging and impending death. Includes interviews with
family and colleagues, as well as extensive archival material.
How To Teach Through
Socratic Questioning. c1995.
3 Videocassettes (234 Min.). Sd., Col. + 2 Guides.
Contents: Pt. I. Asking Questions That Take Thinking Apart (80
Min.) --Pt. II. Using Intellectual Standards To Assess Thinking
(90 Min.)
-- Pt.III. Asking Questions Based On Systems &Domains Summary:
Based On The Premise That Traditional Instruction Is Concerned
With Giving
Students Answers Whereas The Socratic Method Recognizes That Questions,
Not Answers, Are The Driving Force In Thinking, This Video Series
Teaches Instructors At All Levels Of Education How To Employ The
Method In Their Classrooms.
How To Research Your
Family History. c1997.
4 Videocassettes (ca. 260 Mins.). Sd., Col.
Originally Broadcast On PBS.
Contents: Tape 1. Getting Started. Leaving A Legacy -- Tape 2. Looking
At Home. Gathering Family Stories. The Paper Trail -- Tape 3. Census
And Military Records. African-American Research. Your Medical Heritage
-- Tape 4. Libraries And Archives. High-Tech Help.
Summary: Focuses On The Impact That Connecting With Ancestors Has
On Individuals And Families. Each Of The 10 Parts Consists Of Two
Components, A Documentary Segment Visits With Family Historians
Of Different Social,Economic And Ethnic Backgrounds And An Instructional
Segment With Genealogical Experts.
Lost & Found: Young
People Talk About Depression. 1996.
1 videocassette (21 min.)
Summary: Features eight young adults from age eleven to twenty,
who discuss the sources, impact and aftermath of depression on their
lives.
Mind of a killer. (2002)
(Producer) Reports on recent scientific research on the behavior
of killers. Combines an interview with serial killer Joel Rifkin
with neurological testing, brain scans, and even information
derived from laboratory studies of animal aggression.
Off Track, Classroom
Privilege For All. c1998.
1 Videocassette (30 Min.). Sd., Col.
Summary: Documentation Of A Detracked Classroom In An Integrated
Public High School. Students Explore A Curriculum Of World Literatures,
Using A Critical Pedagogy Of Group Work, Collaboration, And Serious
Individualized Attention To Create A Revolutionary Classroom Where
All Children Learn At The Highest Levels.
People like
us: social
class in America . (2001)
Shows how social class
plays a role in the lives of all Americans, whether they live in
Park Avenue penthouses, Appalachian mobile-home parks, bayou houseboats,
or suburban gated communities. Travels around the country to collect
and present stories of family traditions, class mobility, and different
lifestyle choices, and discusses how social class has as much influence
as race or ethnicity in determining what kind of opportunities
a
person has in life.
Play,
a Vygotskian approach. (1996)
Program based in part on a paper
written by Lev Vygotsky ("Play and its role in the mental development
of the child") in 1933. Assimilating ideas from other thinkers,
particularly Piaget, Vygotsky proceeded to offer some new insights
on the role of play in the cognitive development of young children.
Discusses the affective/emotional, cognitive and social benefits
of play. Examines how Vygotsky traced the development of play in
children from infancy through later childhood. Offers strategies
for fostering quality play.
The promise of play. (2000)
Explores play among humans and other mammals in action
in different situations around the world, the diversity
of play, and the personal nature of play.
Raising Cain exploring the inner lives of America's boys.
(2006)
Two of the country's leading child psychologists identify the
social and emotion challenges that boys encounter in school
and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness,
giving them the support to navigate the social pressures of
youth.
School
colors. (1994)
Examines
a turbulent year at Berkeley High, a large, multiracial urban
school
in California still sharply segregated along color lines some
forty years after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme
Court decision requiring integration. Focuses on teachers,
students, and parents, all struggling with the question of whether diversity
will enrich American society or tear it apart and with conflicts
over multiculturalism, political correctness, and race.
School Violence. c1999.
1 Videocassette (20 Min.). Sd., Col.
Summary: Studies Indicate That Children Who Are Exposed To Violence
At Home Or In The Media Are Prone To Elevated Levels Of Anxiety
And To Committing Violent Acts Themselves. In This Program, Noted
Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser Reports On The Success Of New Haven's
Community-Based Outreach Program That Allies The Police Department,
The Yale Child Study Center, And Other Agencies To Promote Safety
And Curb Violence Through Mentoring, Intervention, And After-School
Programs For School-Age Children. Eight Other Cities Have Since
Adopted The New Haven Model
Skin deep understanding self-injury. (2003)
Each year nearly two million people hurt their own bodies with
knives, scissors, glass, cigarettes, candles, and any destructive
item they can get their hands on. In Skin Deep, patients and
experts explain why people harm themselves and how they can recover
from this secret affliction which affects as many people as anorexia.
While the self-inflicted scars may be kept hidden, it's time
to expose information about self-injury to reach young people,
educators, and counselors who may have to deal with this emerging
issue. In fact, someone you know could be suffering.
Starting small teaching children tolerance. (1997)
Takes viewer on a tour of five early childhood programs in which
teachers and children are building classroom communities that
promise a brighter future for all of us. Through documentary
footage, teacher interviews and commentary from child-development
experts, viewers will learn why more and more early childhood
educators have come to recognize that teaching tolerance outright
in the curriculum is as fundamental and far-reaching as teaching
children how to read.
Take Omri, For Example.
1998.
1 videocassette (29 min.)
Summary: Documents the cruelty of fifth-grade children in a Jerusalem
classroom toward a pudgy, awkward child who falls outside the clique
surrounding a verbally aggressive, athletic, and good-looking classmate.
Even teachers side with the stronger members of the class and offer
no protection to the victimized child.
To open out. (2004)
"
Helping children to grow and bloom properly also means taking into
account their biological rhythms. This program seeks out holistic
approaches to education that more scientifically organize the school
day and strike a better balance between intellectual and physical
development."--Container.
A touch of greatness. (2004)
A Touch of Greatness is a feature-length documentary film focusing
on the extraordinary work of Albert Cullum, an elementary school
teacher for over twenty years and a pioneer in American education.
Championing an unorthodox educational philosophy, Cullum regularly
taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, most
notably the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles and Shaw. Combining
interviews with Cullum and his former students with stunning archival
footage filmed by director Robert Downey, Sr., the film documents
the extraordinary work of this maverick public school teacher who
embraced creativity, motivation and self-esteem in the classroom
through the use of poetry, drama and imaginative play.
The unbiased mind four obstacles to clear thinking. (1995)
A guide to questioning some common but flawed thinking habits:
stereotypes, problems with cause and effect, seeing only what
we expect to see, and the invisible self.
The world in Claire's classroom. (2000)
A documentary examining how veteran teacher Claire Oglesby addresses
issues of respect, diversity and community building in her first
and second grade classroom at the public school in Westminster
West, Vermont. Each year, the whole school carries out an integrated,
in-depth study of another culture which lasts for the entire
second half of the school year, involving students, parents and
community members. This year the focus is on the study of India.
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