On the foundation of cinematograph pictures, imagination builds to right and left, and makes an effort to construct an edifice of as solid and visible material as that thrown upon the screen. The cinematograph enables the teacher to adapt his subject to the weakest member of his audience. As a rule, the others are grateful, for there are certain elementary conditions which must be taken into account when speaking to novices, which are worth considering even when we are dealing with those further advanced. Education and Instruction. The cinematograph helps the teacher to realise the difference between education and instruction.
Education is a work of drawing out, rather than one of building in.
Grasp of Subject. The mind of the pupil is a living, thinking machine, and life and thought can best be brought into play by Cinematograph pictures which give every detail in motion of the subject under consideration. They enable the teacher to accommodate himself to the pupil. He must lead, not beckon, and aim at a mode of treatment which the pupil is able to follow. A series of living pictures imparts more knowledge, in far more interesting and effective manner, in five minutes, than does an oral lesson of an hour's duration.