Teaching the Introductory Cinema Studies Course: Some Strategies and Resources

Abstract

lar SCS mailings. But we do not want this information exchange to be a one-way communication; the SCS Committee on Teaching welcomes your input: questions about (and answers to) common teaching problems, effective strategies for teaching all sorts of cinema courses, resources that you've found useful or have devised yourself, and teaching topics for general discussion among the membership. A partial list of issues might include course development; curricular design; textbook selection; essay, true-false, or multiple choice exams; term paper topics; the canon and multiculturalism; race/gender/class/sexual orientation issues; techniques for facilitating discussion; professor-student dynamics; motion picture, videotape, and laserdisc resources; the role of computers and new technologies in the film classroom or library; the role of theory in film production classes (and vice-versa); research facilities and databases; and interpersonal aspects of communicating in a lecture hall or seminar room. These questions represent only a partial list of concerns that could provoke revived interest in teaching cinema studies for both newcomers to the profession and senior faculty members. So, please read our articles, attend our workshops, and join us in sharing pedagogical resources and techniques.