The nine partners in four countries, teachers and trainers in 4 schools in 10 classes with the Film Activity Packages (FAPs) have continued to create in Magic of the Frame – Teach with documentary film! project.
The practical phase of the project within the schools has started. The partners completed many activities related to teachers and their students.
Data about participants’ activities and opinions was collected and teachers’ insights into new methods, with country specifics were developed.
The core of the FAPs were the four selected films:
Hungary: Dívák/Divas (2021, 80’), dir.: Máté Kőrösi
Netherlands: The Circle, (2020,15:34’), dir.: Lanre Malaolu
Lithuania: Seahorse (2020, 16’) dir.: Nele Dehnenkamp
Bulgaria: Bayer and the Bees (2020, 28’) produced by DW Documentary
Nevertheless of the different social topics of the documentaries selected for the 4 countries, the activities in each class followed same the methodological structure:
- Introducing the topic
- projection of the film selected for the country
- discussions about the film with the students
- an “on-site” visit of the students to place and meet people who are related to or affected by the social issue covered in the documentary
- collection of feedback from the students (interviews, photos, written thoughts
etc.) - further discussions about the personal experience and students’ activities
This phase was one of the most crucial as it provided important information related to other project results – Curriculum development, Tutorial Video for Field Work, Professional Visual Project Diary, Pedagogical Manual, and Manual about Student Feedback.
The project Magic of the Frame – Teach with documentary film! is funded by Erasmus+ Programme under contract N: 2021-1-HU01-KA220-SCH-000029686.
