A review of literature germane to the subject helps provide an introduction to this study whose object is to identify the trends and practices that have occurred in television teaching of music from the late 1940's to the present. Other purposes of the study are to categorize and analyze the content and developing program formats of current…

Increasing interest in the concept of parents as educators of their children and the increasing availability to public groups of television air time make possible unique opportunities for teacher training. This paper describes the "Just for You" program, a television series for preschool children and their parents. The program is produced with the…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is two fold. First, it presents the developmental stages and running modes of K12 Online Schools in China. Second, it illustrates online education practice, its current status, and the use of ICT in online schools. The experiences and lessons learned from the development of the K12 Online Schools are presented,…

THE USE OF TELEVISION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PUPOSES IN THE SCHOOLS OF HAGERSTOWN, MD. HAS CREATED A CHANGE WHICH HAS BEEN PROFITABLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE SCHOOLS. PUPIL CONTROL IS EXTREMELY HIGH, ADMINISTRATORS ARE ABLE TO REDEPLOY TIME AND EFFORT OF TEACHING IN MORE MEANINGFUL WAYS, LESSONS ARE SUPERIOR IN QUALITY AND RICH IN MOTIVATION, COST IS…

Provides specific suggestions to music teachers on preparing their students to view an opera broadcast on television, including use of other teachers or community personnel to provide background information. Approaches are outlined for introducing students to an opera's plot, music, design, costumes, makeup, lighting, and staging. (SJL)

Cable television's local access option may be a way for colleges and universities to expand their media offerings. For example, some institutions are using cable capabilities to broadcast direct and inservice instruction or to provide hands-on training for broadcast students. A small private liberal arts college in Iowa successfully uses cable…

Available from: National Institute of Adult Education (England and Wales), 35 Queen Anne St., London W1M OBL England. (BP)

This paper describes a project conducted in 1991-92, based on research conducted in 1986-87 that demonstrated the need for a telecommunications system with the capacity of integrated services digital networks (ISDN) that would allow for sound, vision, and integrated computer services. Called the Tri-Centre Project, it set out to explore, from the…

Paper reports on the development of a television managed learning system for elementary school students. (Author)

The controller of educational programs at UAR TV describes the procedure followed in a pilot project to measure the effect of using TV in classroom teaching before starting a schools TV project on a national scale." (Author/LS)

In order to promote successful distance education techniques, the University of Minnesota developed a training program to prepare faculty to teach via their instructional television (ITV) delivery system. The need for specific areas of faculty development were assessed through a survey of current practitioners, as well as a content analysis of…

In 1973, the Education Development Center (EDC) received a grant for the production and support of 65 half-hour television programs. Aimed primarily at eight- to eleven-year-old minority children, the programs were to teach supplementary mathematical topics through real situations, drawing examples from science, technology, and the arts. Hands-on…

One high school's experiences in planning and employing an instructional television system serve to illustrate a number of suggestions for the use of the medium. (LS)