An extensive research literature in education and psychology demonstrates positive effects of perspective-taking on various forms of learning. Until recently, perspective-taking has been limited to the mental simulation of how someone with different beliefs, knowledge, physical location, etc., perceives an object or event. Over the last decade…

This report documents the Appalachian Education Satellite Project's (AESP) delivery of a continuing education course entitled 'Visual Learning' to 55 educators at 10 sites in Appalachia in Spring 1977. The course was intended to assist teachers in making more practical use of television in the classroom. Presented are: (1) a brief overview of the…

This paper discusses the development of a sociocultural and local, context-sensitive base for guidance in selection and evaluation of instructional media. The development of system relationships criterion specifically targeted at 16mm educational film is the focus of the paper. Banathy's educational systems model is used as a base upon which…