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Mark A. May

Name:

Mark A. May

Role:

Director of the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University

About

Psychologist, director of the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University from 1935, co-author of one of the Payne Fund Studies and of major works on character education and religious education in the 1920s and 1930s. May chaired a group of educators engaged by the MPPDA to produce a series of short films on character education, using extracts from Hollywood movies, in the late 1930s.

Linked Organisations

• Yale University

Linked Records

• Chicago National Motion Picture Conference, hostile to the industry, voted to underwrite a psychological study of motion...
• 'Preliminary Report of Psychological Research on Motion Pictures Conducted in Columbia University in 1926." This resear...
• 'The Frequency of Movie Attendance and its Relation to Certain Social and Economic Facts." The average attendance is ov...
• May proposes that the MPPDA fund his research on the pedagogic uses of films and outlines a budget of $6,000. Also incl...
• Documents relating to the Motion Picture Project of the Progressive Education Association, which involves using excerpts...
• Includes 2 memoranda re the pedagogic enterprises directed by Mark A. May: the history and development of the project us...
• A Romanian scientist is given an introduction to Milliken by Rep Charles Hilles of New York, who is a member of the Repu...
• Correspondence between DeBra and the Psychological Corporation, which is planning a study of the educational effects of ...
• The Institute of Human Relations, Yale University, and its work on the educational values of short films. It expects it...
• "Secrets of Success". A manual for discussion leaders. Educational tool on character (importance of character). Example ...
• Regarding the advisory committee on motion pictures in education -- includes preliminary proposal of the work of the com...
• Proposal of the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education.
• Presenting the report of the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education - all very positive.
• "Educational Possibilities of Motion Pictures". Address by May to the National Educational Association Convention.
• Memo on the development of a new technique in education -- character education through discussion of motion picture exce...
• The program of the Advisory Committee on the use of Motion Pictures in Education.
• Only three companies have signed the contracts with Teaching Film Custodians, Inc.
• "Secrets of Success". A manual for Teacher. Educational tool on character (importance of character). Example of motion p...