Essentials Of Educational Technology

Specially designed as a standard text for teacher training colleges, this book is essentially 'student-centred' and 'examination-oriented'. It has stood the test of time as it fully meets the changing needs of the students preparing for BEd, LT, BT and BA (Edu) examinations, and provides a comprehensive treatment of all topics on which questions are usually asked. The book aims at enabling students not only to have a complete grasp of the concepts, but also obtain maximum marks in the examinations. Practical approach of the book also makes it useful for in-service programmes for various categories of personnel in education, and its authoritative coverage makes it relevant in the Middle-East and South-East Asian countries. Readers will find it a trustworthy friend, philosopher and guide.

1. Educational Technology: Meaning, Scope and Uses

2. Teaching and Teaching Technology

3. Learning and Masterly Learning

4. Teaching-Learning Process

5. Principles and Maxims of Teaching

6. Instructional / Teaching Objectives: Taxonomy

7. Managing Teaching-Learning and Teaching Strategy

8. Motivation in Learning

9. Programmed Instruction / Programmed Learning

10. Teaching Models

11. Teacher Behaviour and Interaction Analysis

12. Micro-teaching

13. Teaching Skills

14. Simulated Teaching

15. Education and Systems Analysis

16. Basic and Audio-visual Teaching Aids

17. Hardware Technology, Audio-visual Aids and Media in Education

18. Mass Media in Education--I: Radio, Films and Press

19. Mass Media in Education--II: Television

20. Communication, IT and Computers in Education

21. Computer and Computer-Assisted Instruction

22. Software, Courseware Development and Design Considerations

23. Educational Technology in India

24. Technology of Education and Technology in Education

25. New Educational Technologies

26. nternet and I-Learning

27. EDUSAT (Educational Satellite)

28. Institutional Initiatives

29. Lesson Planning

30. Language Laboratory, Teaching Machines and Team Teaching

31. Task Analysis, Instructional Designs, PSI and LCI

32. Diverse Issues