Science, Environment and Health
Documentaries can uncover the hidden secrets of the natural world and reveal the beauty of our surroundings. They can also explore the environmental issues and show the human dimensions of medical science.
Excerpts
23 Skidoo
1
Beyond the Naked Eye
1
A Day in the National Parks
1
The Dikes
1
Emergence of a Dragonfly
1
Octopus Hunt
1
Out of Silence
1
Reflections on Suffering
1
2
Rural Health
1
The Winds of Fogo
1
Questions
1. In the excerpt we see teachers working with students in a classroom, then a school director explaining their philosophy to an audience. Why has the filmmaker edited these two sequences together like this?
2. There is a lot of controversy about the ways that deaf children are educated. Some deaf people say that they have their own culture and their own language, based on signing. They react against educating deaf children to fit into hearing society by depending on their hearing and use of oral speech. What side of the argument do you think this school takes? Does the excerpt suggest that the filmmaker might take one side or the other? How do you think profoundly deaf children should be taught?
2. There is a lot of controversy about the ways that deaf children are educated. Some deaf people say that they have their own culture and their own language, based on signing. They react against educating deaf children to fit into hearing society by depending on their hearing and use of oral speech. What side of the argument do you think this school takes? Does the excerpt suggest that the filmmaker might take one side or the other? How do you think profoundly deaf children should be taught?
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Short Description
The Montreal Oral School for the Deaf uses teaching methods that draw children out of the silent world and into the world of children who hear, speak and understand without impairment.