The Philadelphia City Schools engaged in a four-year program to develop and test dual audio television, a way to help children learn more from the massive amounts of time they spend watching commercial television. The format consisted of an instructional radio broadcast which accompanied popular television shows and attempted to clarify and…

In an attempt to meet the needs of the Baylor University college community, the staff of the Counseling Center cooperated with the Radio Department in developing a weekly 15-minute radio program which addressed itself to the probelms of students. By means of interviews with campus personnel and questions solicited from listeners, the program…

Information about careers is an essential ingredient in the process of career choice. This model program of career information services was developed for junior and senior high school students. The services include informative assemblies, conferences, radio and television programs, tape recordings, and filmstrips. The objectives, rationale, and…

The use of audio/visual media as an aid to instruction is a common practice in today's classroom. Most teachers, however, have little or no formal training in this field and rarely a knowledgeable coordinator to help them. "The Practical Audio-Visual Handbook for Teachers" discusses the types and mechanics of many of these media forms and proposes…

The material in this report consists of transcriptions of audiotapes of the general session speeches and the reports of the concurrent sessions of this conference. The topics of the six general session speeches were: the responsibility of the educational communicator in the political process, commercial television programing for children,…

The St. Louis Vocabulary Development Project was developed to help children cope with the increasing vocabulary demands in content area textbooks encountered in the fourth grade. The project was presented over the school radio system for 30 minutes daily, 3 days weekly, for 30 weeks in about 150 schools. The fifth and sixth graders were taught…

Reports on an experiment in school radio broadcasting, in 7th and 8th grade classes in a Munich school. Subsequent tests showed that the use of school broadcasting produced better results in the target area (learning and using polite formulas) than conventional instruction. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Reports views of students and tutors of the Radio and Television University (RTVU) in China on a new distance learning material package on digital computers; the RTVU; and study in general, including media role, how each medium should be designed, self-study, teaching in general, tutorials, examinations, and study problems. (Author/MBR)

Discusses origins, structure, objectives, and implications for U.S. schools of ZEMPOREN, the All Japan Teachers' Federation Studying the Use of Radio and Television in Education, which promotes effective use of classroom broadcasting through a published journal, research, conventions, and by acting as liaison between the educational network and…

Describes development of a new British individualized learning scheme which utilizes radio to teach human biology to secondary school students. Program requirements, field testing, and the development of a study guide to accompany the radio instruction are discussed. (MBR)

To help adults in Mali practice what they had learned in the literacy education programs, a rural information newspaper was created and educational radio services were provided. (AM)

Reviews the history of the Television Service of the University of Glasgow, describes the influence of television as an educational medium, compares the use of educational television with the use of film, and considers the advantages of radio as an educational medium, particularly in light of production costs and accessibility. (JL)

Describes the problems of establishing a rural, public, educational radio station in Hyde County (North Carolina) and its potential benefits. Young people and adult volunteers will operate the station, providing a real service to the community in terms of communication, youth activity, educational programs, and decreasing isolation. (LC)

Sets the case for the contribution of educational broadcasting in the context of access to recurrent education. Shows how local radio can and does attract to serious study many who do not normally participate in adult education classes. (Author/CSS)

Summarizes four media-related reports, including: (1) a survey that explored the factors introduced by new technologies for distributing television in and across Europe; (2) an annual review of BBC broadcasting research findings; (3) the portrayal of violence on British television; and (4) an evaluation of primary school radio programs in…