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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1975
AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS' IMPACT ON TEACHING
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AUDIO VISUAL AIDS ARE A MUST IN TEACHING BUT THEY HAVE TO BE USED WITH DISCRETION, MR. ARTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE IN EDUCATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, HE SAID THAT IF THESE AIDS ARE TO HAVE THE FULL IMPACT POSSIBLE WITH SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL OF LEARNING THEY MUST DE SIMPLE, COLOURFUL AND ADOVE ALL RELEVANT,
THE CONFERENCE IS DESIGNED FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS, STUDENT- TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS CONCERNED WITH EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND THE UTILIZATION OF AUD 10-VISUAL MATERIALS IN TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
ILLUSTRATING HIS TALK WITH EXAMPLES OF FILMS AND FILMSTRIPS. AN OVERHEAD PROJECTOR, A MAGNET BOARD AND EVEN A REAL ELECTRIC BELL (TO SHOW THAT VISUAL AIDS WERE NOT NECESSARILY A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL THING), MR. BROWN POINTED OUT THAT HE COULD HARDLY TALK ABOUT AUDIO VISUAL AIDS WITHOUT USING THEM HIMSELF.
HE ALSO DREW ATTENTION TO THE HELP TEACHERS COULD GET FROM THE VISUAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH HELD A LARGE STOCK OF USEFUL MATERIALS AND IDEAS TO HELP TEACHERS IN ALL SUBJECTS AND LEVELS.
MR. BROWN SAID: WE TEND TO REMEMBER PLEASANT AND INTERESTING THINGS RATHER THAN DULL AND UNPLEASANT THINGS HENCE THE EXPRESSION, "A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE'.*
IF THE CLASSROOM LESSON, WITH ALL THESE RESOURCES AT THE TEACHERS' DISPOSAL COULD BECOME A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENTS, THEN GREAT STRIDES WOULD HAVE DEEN MADE IN EDUCATION.
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