This essay is a personal reflection on the implementation of "Creating Critical Viewers," a national media literacy program sponsored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), an industry association, in 1995. The television industry's decision to develop a media literacy curriculum in the 1990s was a powerful…

A number of elements of scaffolding are identified that contribute to the operationalization of real world video production projects as authentic learning environments in which students can learn the intellectual television production skills necessary for working in the television industry. Three key elements are identified. Firstly projects must…

Outlines the steps included in the implementation of a successful instructional television (ITV) program for gifted students: selecting personnel, conducting an ITV workshop, developing curricula, identifying students, implementing a pilot-based program, and implementing a daytime program. (Author/IRT)

Describes a program called GERIS--Graphic Expression Reading Improvement System--in which disadvantaged students ranging from third graders to high school seniors develop skills such as research, reading, organization, planning, teamwork, writing, and speaking by participating in television production. (CT)

Educational television in China is described as a vital medium of instruction in higher education, alleviating shortages of instructors and facilities. The television universities serve both educational and political purposes while causing enormous frustration among college-age youth, for only one of 10 is admitted each year to universities. (MP)

Four recent British Broadcasting Company (BBC) continuing education projects are described ("Living Decisions in Family and Community that encourages further education; "Kontakte," a beginning German course; Adult Literacy Project; Trade Union Studies Project) and characteristics of the present and future contribution of…

The early childhood education program described in this report is a 3-year program of preschool education to prepare 6-year-old rural children to perform tasks and acquire skills expected of the average child at the first grade level. Language, cognition, motor skills, and orienting and attending skills are emphasized. This program is proposed as…

Explores the possible use of simultaneous multi-channel still picture television broadcasting to improve foreign language listening comprehension. Current application of such a system in Japan is described and additional uses for multi-channel programing are presented. (RAO)

The "Ripples" series of educational television programs for children from 5 to 7 years old is described in this guide. The programs present basic ideas about man in relation to himself and his environment, leading the child into many subject areas and stimulating curiosity about himself and the wider world. The information presented in this guide…

A high school received a grant for approximately $125,000 to build a state-of-the-art television studio. Since research showed that the job market was open for trainees with technical telecommunications skills, a partnership with a nearby community college was established to provide this training. The technical program is described. (JN)

An external evaluation was conducted of the Picturepages television work-along program in Kentucky. The program consisted of 100 televised lessons and booklets, and was given to 237 preschool children. The lessons presented "games" which were designed to develop cognitive concepts and skills. Both process and outcome evaluations were…

Discusses the use of television as a teaching medium by the Open University, and identifies five basic ways in which case studies can vary. These differences are used to argue that the less experience students have in using television case studies, the greater the need for didactic, structured programs. (JEG)

Opportunities for creative thinking or training in the utilization of mental processes other than assimilation, storage, and recall can be provided by television instruction when encouraged by teaching strategy. This syllabus presents a model for teaching productive-divergent thinking with 54 one-half hour telecasts on the theme of "You and…

When the Columbus schools were forced to close because of the energy shortages, the schools used the media and other community resources to continue educating the district's students. (IRT)

The schedule with dates and topics for television biology programs to be used with classroom lessons during the first half of the 1975-76 school year is provided, plus a brief description of the contents of some of the programs. (Author/ND)