RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

- as an aid for the better adjustment of society, social g.roups and individuals to the constant and accelerating changes being wrought by science and technology, on-the-job and in life styles, - as an aid for the physically or mentally handicapped members of society or for its members handicapped in a social sense by living in far away ог inaccessible places or by poverty. These are needs which are met by an enornmous variety of programs. Their focus can be grouped as follows: 1. general education and education in specific areas of social affairs; 2. agricultural and rural education; 3. the reduction of illiteracy (five illiteracy levels have been defined); 4. special training for teachers; 5. foreign language teaching 6. the teaching of modern mathematics, biology and physics; 7. higher education for those unable to attend university classes regularly or for courses in common to different faculties; 8. the dissemination of culture and the arts. Educational television can be approached from the standpoint of the audience for which it is intended: 1. educational level; • preschool • elementary school • secondary school • university • the different levels of adult education; 2. type of audience: • scattered individual viewers