Who Will Teach Your Child?
Who Will Teach Your Child? is a 1948 Canadian short documentary, directed by Stanley Jackson for the National Film Board of Canada.[1][2]
| Who Will Teach Your Child? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stanley Jackson |
| Written by | Stanley Jackson |
| Produced by | Gudrun Parker Tom Daly |
| Narrated by | Percy Rodriguez |
| Cinematography | Grant McLean |
| Edited by | Stanley Jackson Gudrun Parker George Brandt |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
Production company | |
Release date | 1948 |
Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film is about the importance of elementary and high school teachers in the development of children,[3] mixing commentary with dramatic enactments of various potential classroom incidents acted by real Ottawa-area students and teachers.[2] It is an analysis of the teacher’s vital role in a child’s development and asks three important questions: how can the teaching profession attract people of superior ability, to the teaching profession; how should these people be trained, and how can they be persuaded to stay in the teaching profession, as opposed to moving on to more lucrative careers.[4]
Who Will Teach Your Child? won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 1st Canadian Film Awards in 1949.[5] The film was also named by Scholastic Teacher magazine as one of the ten best films about education distributed in the United States in 1949.[6]
References
- "Who Will Teach Your Child?". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Documentary Film On Pupils And Teachers". Ottawa Citizen, December 8, 1948.
- "Film Board's Picture About Teaching Fails". Winnipeg Tribune, November 27, 1948.
- "Who Will Teach Your Child?". acmi.net.au. ACMI. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 5-7.
- "Ottawa Films Are Selected". Ottawa Citizen, April 27, 1950.