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THE National Federation of Educational Film Groups recently held its first annual conference in King‘s College, University of London. Membership of the Federation now amounts to thirty-three groups, representing more than 2,500 teachers. The Federation aims at co-ordinating and assisting the activities of groups of teachers specifically organised to encourage and develop the use of visual aids to teaching, at stimulating the formation and development of such groups, and at collating and analysing the views and knowledge of those experienced in visual methods. Its work includes the development of a library of film strips and charts, the publication of surveys of existing films under specific subject headings, and the organisation of courses for the study of visual aids. The main resolution debated at the conference welcomed the plans of the National Committee for Visual Aids and reaffirmed the support of the Federation in the Committee‘s task of promoting the wider adoption of visual methods in education. Attention was directed to the need for breaking the "vicious circle of supply and demand in materials", to the importance of reducing production costs, and to the necessity of ensuring that units making educational films were at all times assisted by clear directives. It was decided to establish a fact-finding committee which should report to the Council of the Federation on matters concerning the production and distribution of visual aids.
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National Federation of Educational Film Groups. Nature 161, 965 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161965c0
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