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Comunicar Journal 29: Cinema teaching in the age of screens (Vol. 15 - 2007)
Teaching with films in the French educational system
Jean-Claude Séguin-Vergara
French school system has always taken the cinema’s educational dimension into account . Nevertheless, the full integration of films in the cultural and
educational activities of French pupils only dates back to the 1980s. Indeed, films are part of the syllabus as an optional course in the last three years of
secondary school. Besides, from primary school onward, a whole system which enables pupils to become familiar with the cultural and artistic dimension of
films has been set up thanks to the collaboration of the Ministries of Education and Culture.
Keywords
Teaching, French educational system; secondary school, primary school, cinema