How Important Are Radio and Television In Education.

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HOW IMPORTANT ARE RADIO AND TELEVISION IN EDUCATION

This present age is fondly described by many as the age of information.  The fastest agents to bring the information from place to place are radio and television.  No doubt the main function of the two transmitting media is entertainment, but their most important function is education.  With radio and television, the world itself has become a large school of formal and informal education.

As far as formal education goes, radio and television programmes go a long way to broadcast programmes to supplement the school syllabus.  In many countries there are even channels which are exclusively for students.  The entertainment channels too, broadcast programmes which are calculated to help students in their schoolwork.  Shakespeare’s plays are broadcast so that students can see the plays performed rather than just read them.

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The importance of radio and television to education is that they overcome distance.  This is especially true for television.  Details of the plant life in the African bush can be brought to the school room or to one’s home in an instant; whereas reading about such information does provide the student with a lot of details.  The book medium is primitive when compared with television.  Through television, it is possible to give the viewer a realistic experience, which is next in quality only to a real experience.

Certain events which cannot be seen in real life can be ...

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