Ministry of Education Film Experiment

Alex Southern is a film archivist, education historian and researcher. Previously, she worked as Head of Learning at the Yorkshire Film Archive, in Commercial Access at the Imperial War Museum Film Archive, and as a lecturer in Further and Higher Education. She is currently Research Associate at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

• Preface.-Foreword.-Introduction: 21st Century Literacy.- Chapter One: Education in Post-War Britain.- Chapter Two: Film And Education.- Chapter Three: The Ministry of Education Film Experiment.- Chapter Four: Nonfiction Film: Theoretical Frameworks.- Chapter Five: Film Analysis.- Chapter Six: Evaluation and Distribution.- Chapter Seven: From Visual Education To 21st Century Literacy

“Alex Southern builds on both film history and educational history to present an analysis of the development of visual literacy strategies from the 1930s onwards. This is an interesting, well-researched piece, based on her doctoral research … . the book is easy to read, with great illustrations and personal stories.” (Inés Dussel, History of Education, Vol. 47 (5), 2018)