E. Science Education Through Television

Abstract

Mr. Draper opens his article with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of television as an educational medium in general, both in and out of school systems. He follows this with a section aimed specifically at science teaching through tele vision, a section in which he points out and supports the semi-serious contention that "television might well have been invented specifically for the teaching of sci ence." The writer closes his article with a statement of his belief that educators can best make their influence on this new communication medium felt by exploring it and using it to their best advantage, both in the form of specially prepared school telecasts and in the form of commercially available programs.