FILM EDUCATION IN FILM EDUCATION IN SODANKYLÄSODANKYLÄIn-service teacher training project on film education

ICT-League Meeting, Sodankylä, May 12th 2005

NEED FOR FILM EDUCATIONNEED FOR FILM EDUCATION

children see films even before they can speak

media manipulates our identities, views and social relations from the early childhood onwards

history of the cinema will be forgotten by the new generations

school could be the only place where children can have a real chance to talk with adults about what they see on television

FILM CULTURE IN SODANKYLÄFILM CULTURE IN SODANKYLÄ

Midnight Sun Film Festival summer 2005: the 20th anniversary

Midnight Sun Film Centre film productions and marketing

Film Education in Sodankylä teacher training

Kitisenranta School international film education

FILM EDUCATION IN SODANKYLÄ: BASIC FILM EDUCATION IN SODANKYLÄ: BASIC FACTSFACTS

the project is coordinated by the municipality of Sodankylä aims to improve the status of film education in curricular

structures funded by European Social Funds, Ministry of Education

and municipality of Sodankylä budget 2004-2006: 192 867 €

EU 65,6 % Ministry of Education 14,2 % Municipality of Sodankylä 20,2 %

1.6.2004 – 31.5.2006

GOALSGOALS

to improve curricular structures

to provide teacher training to create material for

teaching film education to foster the status of the

cinema as an art form

1. FILM EDUCATION ON SCHOOL LEVEL1. FILM EDUCATION ON SCHOOL LEVEL

to watch and experience film to critically analyse and understand the language of the

cinema to use moving image as a tool for self-expression to use moving image as teaching method to see film as an art form

2. TEACHER TRAINING2. TEACHER TRAINING

digital video technology: camera and editing

history of cinema film analysing introducing professional film

makers film educational methods

STATISTICSSTATISTICS

over 80 training events 186 persons already

participated in the project from all around Lapland

154 belong to school staff over 2400 people have

attended the film screenings training for digital video

camera: 57 teachers training for digital video

editing: 70 teachers

FILM EDUCATION AT KITISENRANTA FILM EDUCATION AT KITISENRANTA SCHOOLSCHOOL

Comenius 1: School projects partnership schools from

Poland, France, England and Italy

aims to develop pedagogical methods and learning environments

aims to transfer good practises, methods and materials

Kitisenranta School is participating in two international film education projects during 2004-2007

FILM EDUCATION AT KITISENRANTA FILM EDUCATION AT KITISENRANTA SCHOOLSCHOOL

Comenius 3: Networks partnership schools and

associations from Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Netherlands, Romania and Ireland

Aims: to communicate between

pupils to develop the knowledge of

European cinema to make own video films to analyse films

FILM EDUCATION AT KITISENRANTA FILM EDUCATION AT KITISENRANTA SCHOOLSCHOOL

45 pupils study film education as voluntary subject

classes for the 7th, 8th and 9th grade pupils

also film projects on different school subjects (e.g.): religious classes history classes music classes

IMPACTS OF THE PROJECTIMPACTS OF THE PROJECT

Sodankylä profiles as a film oriented region

teacher training project provides resources and materials for high quality film educational work also in the future

outcomes of the project will work as examples to similar activities in Finland

CONTACT INFORMATIONCONTACT INFORMATION

Project Secretary

Tommi Nevala

Municipality of Sodankylä

Film Education in Sodankylä -Project

Vasantie 11

99600 Sodankylä

FINLAND

phone: +358 (0)40 73 511 63fax: +358(0)16 618 155e-mail: tommi.nevala@sodankyla.fi