Documentary television series Clarkson's Farm has been lauded for its positive, entertaining depiction of British agriculture. Airing in 240 countries and territories, the program follows British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson in his attempts to manage his operation with the help of more experienced farmhands. Researchers at The Ohio State…

A description of the facilities and philosophy of Britain's unique television university. (LS)

Describes a series of British television films in which theoreticians and practitioners confront each other on current topics in educational administration. (WM)

In Surrey, where there are not enough specialist teachers to provide Latin, educational television courses are being designed from two text series: "Ecce Romani" by Oliver and Boyd, and the "Cambridge Latin Course." (SJL)

The proceedings of a conference on television in postgraduate and continuing medical education for general practitioners are presented in this three-part report. Part One contains papers on medical broadcast television which examine the problems of informing the isolated doctor and groups of doctors of new developments; the usefulness and…

Describes the theory, content, and widespread success of an innovative American television program designed for preschool children, and chronicles the reception it has received from the British educational and media establishments. (SF)

This article describes an experiment in the use of television for teaching economics which was conducted at Leeds University in Great Britain in the period 1972-1975. A publication of the Economics Association, the journal is available from Business Manager, Economics Association, Room 340, Hamilton House, London, W.C.1H 9BH. (Author/RM)

The author describes his work The University of London Goldsmith's College, the Television Research and Training Unit, and the Hertfordshire (England) television experiment. He presents a detailed explanation of a portable "mini-studio" that he designed to allow a teacher with the aid of an assistant to control the whole televising…

Article analyzes further findings of a survey previously reported on the characteristics and roles of present day adult education students. (MB)

Describes several film series on British Creative Education made by Eileen Molony for the BBC. These series are available from Time Life Films, BBC Educational 16 mm Section, 43 West 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011. (MB)

Reviews research on the uses and potentialities of television in education with emphasis on work done with chemistry programs. Television is also compared with film from the viewpoints of producer and audience, and off-air recordings are compared with "home-made" programs. Forty-four references are listed. (Author/LLS)

The author suggests that there should be a continuing policy for educative broadcasting especially sensitive to the needs of lifelong non-participants in formal post-school education. He recommends extending the amount of up-market programing, injecting educative content into the down-market programs, and giving maximum exposure to educative…

Describes evaluation methods currently in use by the BBC's advisory councils and by external researchers in collaboration with them. (BR)

This publication includes discussion of the use of "combined teaching systems" (and most specifically television) in various European adult education programs. Brief reports are included on several programs (general and technical education, and arts and letters courses, in France; literacy in Italy; and various televised courses in…

This brochure presents the summaries of two major studies carried out in three European countries concerning the role of television in the life of preschool children. The first study involved participant observation and interviews of 90 families from England and 50 families from Ireland over a 6-month period. The children studied were between the…