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Windows on the Mind: Children’s Drawings (1994 Video)

Producer

Rosemary Hill

Subject

Education; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (24 minutes), £34.99

Questions Piaget’s theory that children go through a universal development process, discussing new evidence about cultural influences. The argument is illustrated by looking at children’s drawings in...

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Berlin: Unemployment and the Family (1993 Video)

Producer

Jack Leatham

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the German social security system through the eyes of three Berlin families. Notes the various benefits available to the unemployed and at the way different groups benefit in different ways....

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Deaf-Blind Education in Russia (1994)

Producer

Andrew Law

Subject

Education; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Examines the work of the psychologists and teachers of a school for deaf-blind children in Zagorsk, near Moscow. The school is unique in that the psychologists who work there base their ideas and activities...

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Four Towns and a Circus (1995 Video)

Producer

Stephen Wilkinson

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Look behind the scenes at the problems and difficulties of running Chipperfield’s Circus, the last of the animal circuses still touring Britain. Follows Tony Hopkins, the circus’s director, going about...

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Easter Island (2 Parts) (1988 Video)

Producer

John Lynch

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each?

Investigates the mysteries surrounding the ancient stone statues on Easter Island in the South Pacific, asking who built them, how, and why, and enquiring into the fate of the civilisation that once...

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Somewhere a Wall Came Down: Unemployment and Unification (1993 Video)

Producer

Jack Leatham

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1997 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the impact of increased unemployment in East Berlin as a result of German unification, examining the stresses and strains felt by families in the Berlin suburbs of Pankow and Hellersdorf, and at the...

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Children and New Technology (1995)

Producer

Paul Manners

Subject

Information technology; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

This appraisal of the contribution of psychology to debates about the impact of new technology on children’s social and intellectual development examines the arguments about whether computers are...

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Posters from World War One 1914-1918 (1996)

aka: Plakate de Ersten Weltkrieges 1914-1918

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, 1997 sale: ??

A selection of World War 1 posters taken from the collection of Hans Sachs, which he assembled in Germany between 1985 and 1930. The collection is housed in the German History Museum and has been...

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Helping with Family Problems (1994 Video)

Producer

Paul Manners

Subject

Psychiatry; Psychology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows Andrew Webber, a five-year-old boy whose behaviour causes serious concern, and his family as they undergo therapy at London’s Maudsley Hospital. Demonstrates techniques including individual therapy...

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Musical Prodigies? (1994)

Producer

Anne Diack

Subject

Education; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Investigates musical talent, or giftedness, in young people. Recent research by Professor Michael Howe and John Sloboda on the development of musical ability is illustrated by mini-portraits of six young...

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