5 - Using Broadcasts

The ASE Using Broadcasts booklet was published in 1970 and reflects the availability of different technologies to help teaching and learning at that time. It focuses on the use of radio broadcasts and the follow up work that can arise from them. In particular it suggests that broadcasts with their resources of sound effects and visual materials offer special potential for less able children who may struggle with the written work. A sign of the times is that it warns that television can give rise to more difficulties than all the other techniques (such as radio, 8mm film loop, and slide projector).

This book, more than others in the series, discusses methods of using the resources. The Appendix provides addresses of school broadcasting bodies and sources of technical help.

Contents
* Foreword
* Introduction

* 1 The Background
- Children, teachers and other aids
- Making a start

* 2 Listening, Loorking and Learning:
- When to use school broadcasting
- Is the use of broadcasting compatible with active learning?
- What can broadcasting give to the child?
- How can broadcasting help the teacher?
- How should broadcasts be used in the classroom?
- Some practical points

* 3 The Tecaher's Role:
- Choosing a programme
- Handbooks and pamphlets
- Programmes about living things
- The way work can branch out
- Where the teacher's scientific background is limited
- What about introduction and follow-up?
- Other aids to preparation and follow-up
- Experiments while watching television
- Is it better to tape the programme if possible?
- A true tale of a broadcast

* 4 Techniques:
- The aids
- Is the equipment in order for the lesson?
- Radio
- Filmstrip or slide projector
- Note on back-projection
- The 8 mm loop projector
- Television
- Tape recorders
- A section on technical matters

* 6 A Look into the Future:
- Appendix