MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1981
ETV, NOW IN TENTH YEAR, *EACHES AND LEARNS TOO
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EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, NOW IN ITS TENTH YEAR, IS ITSELF DOING SOME LEARNING.
WHILE IMPARTING THE ETV PROGRAMMES IN COLOUR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, TO SOME 610 000 OR SO CHILDREN FROM PRIMARY THREE TO FORM THREE, IT IS GATHERING INFORMATION_FROM BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO DETERMINE THE MOST SUITABLE LEVEL OF PROGRAMMES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE MAJORITY.
AS EXPLAINED BY MR POON CHUN-PONG, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM ETV FACES IN HONG KONG IS THE INTEGRATION OF PROGRAMMES INTO THE NORMAL TEACHING SCHEDULES OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE TEACHING SEQUENCE AND PACE VARY FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AND EVEN FROM CLASS TO CLASS WITHIN THE SAPE SCHOOL.
+WITH THIS IN MIND, WE MUST WORK OUT A LEVEL OF PROGRAMMES THAT WILL SUIT THE MAJORITY, HE EXPLAINED,
FOR THIS PURPOSE. THERE ARE ETV PROGRAMME COMMITTEES COMPRISING PRINCIPALS, PRACTISING TEACHERS AND ETV STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORK TOWARDS PRODUCING THE MOST SUITABLE SYLLABUSES FOR USE ON THE TELEVISION SERIES,
ETV PRODUCERS AND ETV INSPECTORS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING SENT TO VARIOUS SCHOOLS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION WHICH WILL THEN BE COLLATED, ASSESSED AND SUBSEQUENTLY WORKED INTO A FORMULA FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF HONG KONG SCHOOL CHILDREN.
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ABOUT NINETY PER CENT OF ALL SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG - PRIVATE, AIDED, AND GOVERNMENT ARE TUNED TO ETV PROGRAMMES REGULARLY, MAKING UP AN AUDIENCE OF 270 000 SECONDARY AND 340 000 PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SUBJECTS OFFERED BY ETV ARE CHINESE LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES, WHILE FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SCIENCE IS ADDED.
ETV DEVELOPED FROM BLACK-AND-WHITE PRODUCTION IN 1971 TO
COLOUR PRODUCTION IN 1976.
ALL SCHOOLS RECEIVING ETV NOW HAVE COLOUR SETS.
PLANS ARE AHEAD FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE SCIENCE SERIES FOR FORM ONE TO FORM THREE NEXT YEAR, TO INCLUDE SOME SUPPLEMENTARY TOPICS.
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