This article, situated in the field of didactics of religion, explores the comprehension of religious education (RE) by the editors of Elevkanalen, a subsidiary of TV2, Norway's most significant commercial public broadcaster. They are a unique media enterprise that provides educational resources for primary and lower secondary schools and is…

Rosemarie T. Truglio is the senior vice president of curriculum and content at Sesame Workshop, where she is responsible for the development of the interdisciplinary curriculum on which "Sesame Street" is based, and oversees content development across platforms such as television, publishing, toys, home video, and theme park activities.…

Educational practices that developed under the conditions of the military siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War (1992-1995) are examined. Analyses of interviews with teachers and students are juxtaposed with archival documentation to reveal the mode of educational activities and the structure of the curriculum implemented. By exploring how…

The authors describe the development of a campus-based radio show about psychological science. The authors' goals in creating the show were to inform the public about the science of psychology and to create a teaching and learning resource for faculty members and students. The show, "Psychological Frontiers," airs twice a week and consists of…

Science teachers and graduate students have developed activities and assessment tools that begin to help students make the distinction between data and evidence. Two activities are covered in this article. (Contains 1 resource and 2 figures.)

The Media Management & Economics Division of the proceedings contains the following 11 papers: "Supervisor Leadership Behavior's Effect on Television Newsworker Professionalism" (Natalie Corey); "Applying the Structure-Conduct-Performance Framework in the Media Industry Analysis" (W. Wayne Fu); "The Bigger, the Better?…

Provides examples of ways to use the television show "Scientific American Frontiers" in the classroom. Outlines a range of approaches and discusses some motivational techniques to engage students. (DDR)

The study examines the instructional use of Channel One in a middle school over 18 months' time. Channel One is a 12-minute educational television news program broadcast daily to over 12,000 U.S. secondary schools. It is argued that while many students watch the programming, there is only a small minority of the classrooms where teachers actively…

This paper examines the ways in which young children construct and negotiate musical meaning as song-makers in a post-modern consumerist musical world. A critical analysis of the presentation of music in two popular Australian children's television programmes (Play School and Hi-5) and the ways in which such media impact upon children's…