AN OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION (ETV) TO 1964 BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION (FCC) IS PRESENTED. ONLY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION THAT IS TELECAST OVER COMMERCIAL CHANNELS (OTHER THAN CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION) IS REVIEWED. ETV BEGAN IN 1952 WHEN THE FCC RESERVED 242 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL USE. ETV CHANNEL…

THE UTILITY OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) FOR THE TEACHING OF COMPLEX TECHNOLOGICAL MATERIAL IS EXAMINED. THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT MILITARY, SURGICAL, AND DENTAL TRAINING CAN PARTICULARLY BENEFIT FROM CCTV, AND THAT LECTURE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE MOST EFFECTIVELY PRESENTED VIA CCTV. EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE DISCUSSED. (MS)

DESIGNED BY A CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OF INSTRUCTORS AND TRADESMEN, THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS PREPARED AFTER AN ANALYSIS OF THE TRADE BY DEFINING BLOCKS OF KNOWLEDGE, OPERATIONS, ON-THE-JOB ACTIVITIES, INFORMATIONAL UNITS, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, AND SUPPLIES NECESSARY FOR TRAINING. THE GUIDE IS FOR USE AS A STARTING POINT FOR PLANNING, PREPARING,…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES COURSES, STUDENT AND TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, AND COSTS OF OPEN CIRCUIT TELEVISED INSTRUCTION IN THE CHICAGO JUNIOR COLLEGE SYSTEM. FOR MORE INFORMATION, WRITE THE TV COLLEGE OFFICE, 3400 N. AUSTIN AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. 60634. (LH)

THIS REPORT ON UNESCO'S SECOND PILOT PROJECT OF COLLECTIVE VIEWING OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN RURAL DISTRICTS DESCRIBES AND ANALYZES THE ORGANIZATION OF TELECLUBS AND THE IMPACT OF THE 13-PROGRAM SERIES, "FARMING VILLAGE IN PROGRESS", VIEWED 30 MINUTES A WEEK FROM JUNE-MARCH, 1957, BY TELECLUB MEMBERS IN 64 TEST VILLAGES IN 26 JAPANESE PREFECTURES.…

TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION IN TRAINING NURSES, THIS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT EVALUATED THREE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS OF 15 STUDENTS AND FOUR CONTROL GROUPS OF 10 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO INCREASING TEACHING CAPACITY BY FIVE STUDENTS PER INSTRUCTOR, THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS WERE NOTED FROM SEVEN EVALUATIVE QUESTIONS POSED TO…

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1955, THE INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE -IDEAS AND LIVING TODAY- HAS FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY, RELYING ON BOTH DISCUSSION GROUPS AND TELEVISED LECTURES TO ACHIEVE ITS ENDS. THE COLLEGE REPORTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURSE CONTENT AND THE USE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION IN INSTRUCTION DURING THE…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXPERIENCED COLLEGE TEACHER WAS EVALUATED AS HE LECTURED TO STUDENTS OVER TELEVISION. FOUR PAIRS OF EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FOR FOUR EXPERIMENTAL LECTURES PRESENTED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN EXISTING LIBERAL ARTS COURSE. ELEMENTS WERE SO ROTATED THAT STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO BOTH THE…

THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION INTO LECTURES PRESENTED THROUGH TELEVISION OR RELATED MODES OF INSTRUCTION. SUBJECT AREAS PROGRAMED WERE SPEECH AND STATISTICS. THE FIRST STUDIES WERE DIRECTED TOWARD THE ROLE OF "BREAKS" IN PRESENTATIONS THAT PERMITTED…

To investigate the factors behind the overall lack of success of televised public service announcements (PSAs), five Marine recruitment PSAs were studied using 138 college undergraduate students (75% male and 90% freshmen and sophomores). Results indicated the following: in general, the PSA messages were perceived as alienating by the students;…

In response to a 34-item questionnaire, 112 members of the United States House of Representatives gave their opinions of network television coverage of House activities and members. It was found that respondents believed that their access to network television is poor when compared to the President and to the Senate, although their actions are as…

This study examined the ways in which the spontaneous imaginative play and other social behaviors of 3- and 4-year-old children are affected by the frequency and patterns of their television viewing. The subjects were 141 children from predominantly white middle class homes. Pretesting was done to get an estimate of IQ (Peabody Picture Vocabulary…

THIS "FACT SHEET" IS A DESCRIPTION OF A PROJECT FINANCED BY THE ASIA FOUNDATION AND THE SOGANG JESUIT COLLEGE IN SEOUL, KOREA, IN 1966. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TECHNIQUES AT SOGANG COLLEGE WHICH MAY LATER BE APPLIED TO BROADCAST INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION IN KOREA. DESCRIBED ARE THE FOLLOWING--(1)…

Inquiry is a disciplined process by which individuals move from knowledge of concrete data to the formulation of abstract concepts. Television can serve the needs of inquiry, especially visual (as opposed to verbal) inquiry, if it can be made flexible enough to bring data into the classroom at the instant needed for making decisions or asking…

This booklet describes the content of 78 programs presented in the "Big Blue Marble" series, an international series of children's television shows sponsored by the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. The major sequence of subjects is given, as well as a description of each program's folktale adaptation (a regular feature)…