Bergen Community College's Center for Public Media Programming produces courses broadcast by CBS stations around the country and which are offered for credit by other community colleges. The courses, called "Summer Semester," are offered to students unable to attend classes. They consist of half-hour lectures or discussions. (MLW)

Describes a social psychology course on the college level which was based on a 17 episode television series, "The Prisoner". Evaluation of the course indicated that student interest was high and that many students used the television series and course content as a means for self-counseling. (Author/DB)

Explores the possible influences of commercial and educational television on young children's imaginative play, intellectual development and behavior. Commercialism, learning readiness, television's unique mode of communication, and the child's sensory experiences while viewing are considered from the standpoint of developmental needs. (SDH)

We should resist the temptation to label our times the Age of Television--it really is an era of mass communication, and books play a strong role in this process. A positive correlation between increased television viewing and the increased use of books is indicated by new highs in library circulation figures in the past two decades. Television…

STARTING IN FEBRUARY 1961, THE MIDWEST PROGRAM ON AIRBORNE TELEVISION INSTRUCTION (MPATI) TRANSMITTED COURSES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, SCIENCE, ARITHMETIC, ART, THE HUMANITIES, MUSIC, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO 18 SCHOOLS IN THE MIDWEST. THE AIRBORNE TELECAST OPERATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND TRANSMITTED COURSES OVER AN AREA…

A SERIES OF TELECASTS WAS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE TEACHERS FOR BETTER SCIENCE TEACHING, AND TO STIMULATE GREATER PUPIL INTEREST IN SCIENCE. CONSULTATIONS WITH ADVISORS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION, TELEVISION, AND PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERVISORS DEVELOPED PROJECT PLANS FOR 10 HALF-HOUR TELECASTS IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE TO BE PRESENTED BIWEEKLY DURING THE SCHOOL DAY…

A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS WAS CONDUCTED TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION. THIS STUDY, THE FIFTH IN A SERIES, EXAMINED SOME OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROGRAMING LEARNING SEQUENCES FOR TELEVISION. THE TOPICS REPORTED WERE--(1) BASIC OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF PROGRAMED AUTOINSTRUCTION, (2) OBJECTIVES IN APPLYING PROGRAMING…

This Newsletter concerns the National Center for School and College Television's Conference on television in science education. The Conference was conducted to assess television materials being offered in science in an effort to stimulate the development of increasingly effective television materials for the nation's schools. Part 1 is a status…

The guide opens with a discussion of television's limitations: its initial blankness; its technical constraints; its need for studios; its relatively high costs; the need for extensive planning; and its need to be integrated into a broader program. A discussion of television's strengths follows: its flexibility; its ability to focus and magnify;…

This publication includes discussion of the use of "combined teaching systems" (and most specifically television) in various European adult education programs. Brief reports are included on several programs (general and technical education, and arts and letters courses, in France; literacy in Italy; and various televised courses in…

Two articles comprise the bulk of this bulletin. One discusses the use of television equipment in the teaching of psychiatry, dwelling on eight different program formats which have been developed and on five major areas in which the use of television and videotape recorders offers distinct advantages. The second article offers a review of the…

This teaching guide is a handbook for teachers using instructional television as part of an elementary school science program. The handbook deals with the how and why aspects of contemporary science education. It includes a growing set of primary and intermediate grade science lessons. Each lesson consists of science activities suited for two to…

A cooperative study, sponsored by Atlantic City and Cape May County, New Jersey, investigated the prospects for extending library services throughout the seashore resort/rural areas with the use of cable television. A review of the evolution of cable TV, CATV, two-way television and the interactive cable concluded that the equipment and technology…

The television director's job is to convey the meaning of the action which passes before his camera so that it is clear, its content is engrossing, and its presentation achieves the desired result. This textbook concentrates on the pictures and flow of action which are the director's tools for achieving his effect. The emphasis is on pictorial…