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CLASSROOM TV NO THREAT TO TEACHERS Fears that TV in schools might reduce classroom teachers to “baby sitters” and “monitors” are un¬ founded, according to Miss Jean Moser, a veteran history teacher in the Hagerstown Schools, Md. Miss Moser arrived at her conclusion after nearly a year of sharing the “spotlight” with TV teachers in her school’s county-wide closed circuit TV project. In a detailed report to the Educational Television and Radio Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., Miss Moser describes the effectiveness of TV as a supplementary instruction device. She attributes the success of the Hagerstown pro¬ ject mainly to the careful planning which preceded the program and to the creation of TV teacher-class¬ room teacher teams. Under this arrangement, TV teachers are responsible for work that TV can do best, while classroom teachers attend to those areas of in¬ struction which require direct contact with the pupils. Thus, classroom teachers handle discussions, clear up misunderstandings, direct and supervise activities growing out of TV lessons and help pupils develop desirable habits. TV is primarily used to stimulate in¬ terest and to demonstrate. The fact that the TV teacher appears to be look¬ ing directly into each student’s eyes serves, according to Miss Moser, to increase students’ attention. She believes that the average student’s interest can be held by TV instruction approximately 30 minutes. Instructions beyond that limit, she holds, might be lost. Miss Moser is convinced that the classroom teacher part of the team must be a better qualified and more forceful teacher than traditional teaching methods require. She also stresses the importance of a thorough background in child psychology and teach¬ ing techniques. “Thanks to television and the way we are using it,” Miss Moser concludes, “we are providing better instruction in the subject matter fields than we pro¬ vided by traditional methods.” The Hagerstown project is aimed at bringing closed-circuit TV instruction to 18,000 pupils in 25 schools by 1958. First graders at Hagerstown, Md., respond readily to TV lessons, now an accepted part of classroom instruction. Mrs. Bonita Cookly's pupils have some quick answers to her discussion questions. (Photo supplied by the Educational Television and Radio Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.) 8 NEWSLETTER