Experiments with internal television (ITV) at the Stockholm School of Education are reviewed in this newsletter. The purposes of the experiments have been (1) to study the effects of ITV illustrations of theoretical instruction in education and methodology, (2) to investigate the possibilities of conveying information in teacher training via ITV,…

The early phases of a study at the Stockholm School of Education, Stockholm, Sweden, explored the use of closed circuit television to: (1) replace classroom visits by supervisors of student teachers; (2) assess the reliability of subjective assessments in teacher training; and (3) tape micro-teaching sessions so that teacher trainees could analyze…

An experiment to determine the suitability of microteaching (MT) to teacher training in Sweden has been conducted since 1970. This newsletter reviews the three phases of that experiment and discusses some of the preliminary results. The experiment has only been evaluated by questionnaire. However, the results showed that: the pupils and classroom…