1. Topic: T.V as a medium of
Education.
Name: Makwana Ankita
Paper No: 15
Roll No: 01
Enrolment No: PG13101020
Email id :
makwana.ankita1993@gmail.com
Department of English.
2. Experiments in Television broadcasting
were initiated during the 1920s in the United
States and Europe.
By 1930s NBC , National Broadcasting
Corporation had set up a TV station in New
York and BBC in London that offered regular
telecast programmes.
The World War put a brake on further
developments, though Nazi propaganda
made a good use of this medium.
Development of TV
3. TV as a medium for Education
The television requires visual perception and is
an inactive form of gratification for viewers.
The hardest hits are the young children.
Children shows like cartoon have positive and
negative effects on the children, and the parents
should not let their children adopt the television
scenario as the guide for living their lives.
5. Transmits Sight.
Visual medium
As a visual medium, television is a
superbly suited for visual
demonstration, for showing t object
, process.
6. Communicates Sound
It shares with motion pictures, radio,
and recording but not with other
common learning materials , such as
still picture, models, graphs and print
matter.
9. Educational + Entertainment= Edutainment
The presence of edutainment is specially
evident in children’s television series.
Discovery channel is also known for its
various shows that follows the theme of
myth busters.
10. The cartoon shows are very popular among
children.
Most of children’s watch children’s television
programs with full interest and excitement, there
for they learn everything fast and effectively.
Discovery Education offers a portfolio of
opportunities for districts to meet students where
they want to learn in the digital age.
11. "It is essential for students to have
multiple and varied exposures to content
in order for them to truly learn and
understand it. Discovery Education is an
invaluable resource in this respect, helping
me to provide interactive media, visuals
and videos that depict things that these
students may never be able to see or be
exposed to otherwise."
- Nicole Wagner.