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Thompson, Gerald Wayne – 1974
This report describes an instructional package designed to replace a set of unsatisfactory textbooks used to teach State history, government, and geography to 4th-, 7th-, 11th-, and 12th-grade students in Virginia. The format of the package, taking what is described as the "inquiry approach", revolves around a series of short television…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Geography, Grade 11, Grade 12
Virginia Public Telecommunications Council, Richmond. – 1974
Part two of a master plan for the development of public telecommunications in the Commonwealth of Virginia summarizes the main findings and recommendations derived from various master state plan studies, surveys and analyses. Inadequate funding, planning, management, coordination and evaluation currently were found to impede the development of a…
Descriptors: Administration, Cable Television, Campus Planning, Educational Media
Dixon, Lois Claudine; And Others – 1973
A study was conducted to investigate certain characteristics of respondents who renovated furniture during a Washington County educational television 19-program series on chair renovation, who had previously renovated furniture, and who planned to renovate a chair following the series, and to compare them with those respondents who had not. Data…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Television, Extension Education, Furniture
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: a television course designed to improve community college students' writing skills; Christian humanism and the teaching of English; a folklore curriculum for junior high school students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development
Wergin, Jon F.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1986
Describes an experimental program begun in Virginia which utilizes instructional television systems to provide part-time engineering instruction for employees of nearby industry and government laboratories. Presents data collected comparing on-campus and "television students." Discusses the results of student course evaluations and ways…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Closed Circuit Television, College Science, Educational Technology
Shively, Joe E.; And Others – 1975
A total of 699 Appalachian families with preschool children were surveyed to gather information on the availability and use of television, radio and telephone in their homes. The survey was designed to assess the practicality of using television as one of the components of the Marketable Preschool Education (MPE) Program, an extension of the…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Color, Commercial Television, Early Childhood Education
BROWNE, RICHARD G. – 1965
RECOMMENDATIONS ON VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS OF EXTENSION SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, AND RESEARCH ARE PROPOSED. EXTENSION SERVICES (INCLUDING COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY BRANCHES) NOW ADMINISTERED BY SPONSORING INSTITUTIONS, SHOULD BE COORDINATED AT THE STATE LEVEL. STATE CONTROLLED FOUR-YEAR…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Closed Circuit Television, College Faculty, Community Colleges
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Obahayujie, Julius O.; Hillison, John – Research in Rural Education, 1987
Studies the dissemination methods and clientele of agricultural extension in rural Virginia. Sample was 300 beef farmers. Identifies typical farmer characteristics. Farmers rate farm visits as beneficial, whereas they rated computer messages and cartoons low. Suggests favored extension methods change with clientele's education levels. Includes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Audiovisual Aids
Ford, Edmund A. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The latest available statistics for 1958-59 indicate there were 8,084 small schools and that they had enrolled in them 1,650,000 pupils. It is a matter of conjecture how much these figures will be reduced in the next 10 years, but there is considerable doubt that the reduction will be a truly significant one. In any event the current figures are…
Descriptors: Educational History, Rural Schools, High Schools, Small Schools
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