Television as a medium for education

                  Assignment Topic: Television as a medium for education

               Subject: The Mass-Media and Communication

                         Name: Gohil Khanjaniba Mahipatsinh

                                              Roll no: 13

                            MA (Part-2)       Semester: 4^th

^{Suggested by: Parth Bharatbhai Bhatt.}

^{Dedicated to: The Department of English,}

 ^{Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar.}

 ^{Enrollment no: PG13101009}

  ^{Email_id: khanjani.gohil1993@gmail.com}

                             ^{Influence of Television} 

               ^{Decades ago there were many short-stories were telecasted by entrepreneurs. E.g. stories of Panchatantra, Cinderella, Hanuman, etc.Thus mostly children used to came in the use of television. But now days not only stories but also live shows also telecasted by many channels, so it has broader way than ten years ago we having as a viewer.}

                          ^{Television has been given considerable importance in many countries as a source and as a tool of teaching. Television is adaptable by even a common person and it can follow many different approaches which are used in different educational situations. It can be used in three ways that are as under:}

^{Formal Education:}

                                   ^{Television usually functions as supportive and reinforcement tool. Television can be used or attached with school’s curriculum and time-tables. When systematically organized it takes the form of school broadcast.}

^{Non-Formal Education:}

                                     ^{Television has a more specific role to play when it used as a part of multi-media and communication tool. Television can directly or indirectly teach the subject matter.}

^{Informal Education Television:}

                                    ^{Importance of television is to communicate and to spread information, ideas, skills and attitude has been affirmed by researchers. BBC’s director has said, “Next to home and school, I believe television to have a more profound influence on human race than any other human’s medium for education.”}

                             ^{The role of television is more profound that directly related to the question of how the planners are serious and determined to use television. It has many roles to play and here we can achieve many things like:}

^{o    School quality in education.}

^{o    Enhance quality in education.}

^{o    Reduce dependency on verbal teaching and teachers.}

^{o    Provide flexibility of time and space in learning.}

^{o    Stimulates learning.}

^{o    Provide Mass education opportunities.}

                         ^{Now days distance remained nothing because student can learn and grasp the knowledge from anywhere with the help of television. But in rural areas there are many people who are facing the problems regarding electricity and all other matters. But so far in rural areas people can get into touch with information and technology.}

      ^{Television is more effective in teaching of mathematics, science and social studies. Whereas, in history, humanities and literature has not benefited from this medium the same degree. The impact of television can be studied under this guideline:}

^{o    Teacher’s Competencies.}

^{o    Student’s Competencies.}

^{o    Effects on general viewers.}

               ^{Educational Programs of AIOU}

             ^{It has produced more than four hundred television programs and many non-broadcast audio-visual cassettes. Television is used in sciences, technical and vocational subjects. The demonstrations through television help to substitute the laboratory experiments. In social science and language, television is used tom show real life situations. It can also be helpful in the understanding of the great epics and Bible. Generally we are not reading it line by line. But we can closely watch and can get ideas about the religious books which can be well-debated in the education system’s use only.}

^{1.         To show practical application of principle already written in the textbooks and to show the laboratory work and demonstrations: Similarly to this point, we can contribute another idea of language-lab, which was in use in older days. But now days we have not even see that how it works and produce ideas in language learning.}

^{2.         To humanize distance education and to improve language skills and teaching skills by showing model-teaching techniques: There are different methodologies in teaching-learning process and we usually came across the old system of chalk and talk. But now the system has been changed and now teachers has to use technology, different videos, which are telecasted on television, but by recording it and by YouTube channel’s downloads we can view some important teaching techniques into the class.}

^{3.         To show real life situation and microscope things on magnified scale: In other words we can watch on television some rescue operations or sting operations so it helps us in knowing of that how to operate some minor unknown things for self-defense and also for others to whom we can help by knowing these ideas.}

^{4.         Animations, dramatic presentations, slow motions and case studies: Generally, children used to watch cartoons and stories with animated with characters and it provides knowledge with fun. For example, one serial was so famous on television it was “The Jungle Book”, Where the main character of Mogli was trying to give morals that what to do if we fall in some difficulties and all that serious-typical complexes. Thus, it is not happening to us but we can get aware about with the help of television as a medium for education in nation or in system.}

                              ^{Another example is of cricket-matches where slow-motion’s techniques helps in conveying of the results and pauses are used to keep focus on the on-going process and we can generate general decision that what will happen. Thus, television provides the all above things including some informational ideas.}