THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION TO 1958 IS TRACED THROUGH A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE, INTERVIEWS, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH PERSONS INVOLVED IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT. FOLLOWING HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FROM 1948 TO 1952, 242 TELEVISION CHANNELS WERE RESERVED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL USE. DURING 1952…

THREE SMALL SCHOOLS IN UTAH, INCLUDING THREE TEACHERS AND THEIR SPANISH I STUDENTS, PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY. ONE TEACHER RECEIVED CONVENTIONAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING, THE OTHER TWO WERE GIVEN IN IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN TEACHING SPANISH AS THEY OBSERVED THE TELEVISION CLASS. ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS OBSERVED THE TELEVISION CLASS THREE TIMES PER WEEK…

This presentation is concerned with television as it relates to the planning and administration of facilities in which it is utilized. The role of television as a teaching aid, teaching medium, and teacher is discussed. Consideration is given to the following aspects concerned with implementing educational television: plant layout, amount of space…

Provides a collection of references and ideas for using television equipment in physics demonstrations and teaching. (SL)

The potential of two-way television as an instructional medium was examined through observations of presentations by medical faculty. The study found that similar teaching strategies were used in conventional classrooms and in two-way television mediated lessons. Detailed study results are offered. (Author/DF)

Televised continuing education provides an opportunity for educational institutions to expand their borders, to gain new students and to meet the needs of prospective students unable to conform to the time and space demands of traditional education. As American society ages, increasing numbers of non-residential (non-campus) students are seeking…

To gauge reactions to the developmental testing of the broadcast component of an Arts Foundation Course, 18 members of the team identified as either producer or academic on a television or radio program tested were sent questionnaires containing open response type questions. In addition, the views of members of the Institute of Educational…

This survey was designed to complement the information obtained in previous surveys by concentrating on two categories of courses: new courses since the previous survey (12 undergraduate and two short courses) and courses which had lost their television repeats since the previous survey (23 undergraduate courses). The aims of this survey were to…

A SEVEN MAN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION WAS RESPONSIBLE TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM. THE COMMISSION'S POLICY INCLUDED EMPLOYMENT OF THE FINEST TEACHERS AVAILABLE FOR THE ESSENTIAL BASIC SUBJECTS, ENCOURAGEMENT OF TV TEACHERS TO EXTEND THEIR SCOPE OF INSTRUCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUES, ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CLOSEST…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM ANALYZER, KINESCOPE, AND AUDIOTAPE AS AIDS IN TRAINING TELEVISION TEACHERS. FOLLOWING 10-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS, EACH TEACHER'S PERFORMANCE WAS REVIEWED BY ONE OF FIVE METHODS--(1) SOUND ONLY, (2) SOUND AND PROGRAM ANALYZER, (3) KINESCOPE ONLY, (4) KINESCOPE AND PROGRAM ANALYZER, OR (5)…

This study was aimed at determining whether there was a difference in attitude and achievement scores of undergraduate students enrolled in an instructional television (ITV) course when academic content was given three treatments: (1) by a regular faculty member who employed formal lecture- reading mode, (2) role player who employed formal…

Authors describe the results of their research project dealing with what children like about commercial television and the implications for instructional television. (HB)

Describes the development and implementation of television courses in the Coast Community College District. Discusses telecourse operations, enrollment, and student characteristics. (MA)

Classroom observation data were collected from 32 presentations by 7 professors in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University over the course of 9 months for a study of the potential of two-way television as an instructional medium. Half of the observations were made from two-way television mediated lessons transmitted from the Veterans…

LEADERS IN ADULT EDUCATION AND THE TELEVISION FIELDS ADDRESSED A CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF ADULT EDUCATION ON TELEVISION AS A VEHICLE FOR ADULT EDUCATION. DISCUSSION GROUPS CONSIDERED SUCH ISSUES AS TARGET POPULATIONS, NATURE OF PROGRAMS, AND USE OF FOLLOWUP MATERIALS AND METHODS. SOME OF THE IDEAS EXPRESSED WERE THAT THE…