Television and radio school
Educational possibilities of broadcasting
Radio is most useful instrument in these days. Radios broadcast news and entertainment programs. So many people are listening with interest and happily.
Broadcasting is one of the most beneficial scientific achievements. Besides being a source of various types of entertainment and recreation, it has a very important role in educating people, more particularly the masses.
By listening in to news one can keep in touch with current events. There are certain programmed on the radio which summarize, in the form of simple and interesting dialogues, current affairs so that even the illiterate can now what is happening around.
Speeches, discussions and symposia on a wide variety of subjects are broadcast regularly. Such broadcasts are of great educational value. For example, an ophthalmologist introduces us to the structure of the eye and suggests precautions to be taken against eye diseases; a dentist points out the care of the teeth; scientist expounds the theory of relativity; an educationist criticizes the present educational system and suggests measures for its improvement; a police officer talks about the methods of investigating a crime; a sociologist, an economist, political leader and philosopher give their views of their owns.
The all India radio arranges for farmers to be acquainted with the recent effective methods of agriculture by means of frequent broadcasts on the subject at nearly all the stations. It also broadcasts English lessons for secondary school; the central institute of English and foreign languages. Help organize such English teaching programmed. The BBC’s English by radio programmed, broadcast every night, are of particular value to learn of English.
TV is telecasting lessons. It is very useful to the students, to get more marks in the examination.
TV has made teaching as well as learning a very interesting affair. Doordarshan regularly telecasts schools programs for the benefits of the students. These programs are immensely interesting and high education value. These television lessons cover many subjects for the school and collages. The subjects taught are not only science but also mathematics, English, Hindi and civics. To the adults for educating now using new lessons are telecasting from TV. The toping how the elections are held is very interesting.
TV program telecasts on election in one lesson. Then came to the constituencies for which members of parliament were to be elected. The figures of the members of parliament for Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were separately given. The Indian village is a very interesting thing to see with only a few houses in the whole village. The existence of Gram panchayat shows how democracy has gone deep in through out India. Even the half- literate members of the panchayat talk like responsible persons, trying to understand the problems of the village and how they can be attacked.
Television has made education not only more informative, more instructive and interesting but also easy to understand, easy to grasp and stay in the memory for long. The impact of the picture and the sound is long-lasting. It is not so loose and weak as might e the written or the spoken world of an ordinary teacher. Television lessons are programmed, it is a great pleasure.
Television has made possible the standardization of lessons. Lessons are written and edited by people who are authorities in their fields. They are then transformed in pictures, which are duly flashed on the screen with the aid of dramatic talent
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