KEY CONCEPT IN THE SELECTION AND USE OF MEDIA IN EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION
Audio visual aids are sensitive tools used in teaching and as avenues for learning. These are planned educational materials
that appeal to the senses of the people and quicken learning facilities for clear understanding.
HISTORY
MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF AUDIO VISUAL AIDS : According to Gandhi ji “true education of an intellect
can only come through a proper exercise and training of bodily organs - hands, feet, eyes, ears and nose.
DEFINITION: Audio visual aids are those sensory objects or images which initiates or stimulate and reinforce learning.
(Acc. to Bruton )
PSYCHOLOGICAL BASES OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS:
IMPORTANT VALUES AND PURPOSES OF THE PROPER USE OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS :
1. Antidote to the disease of verbal instruction
2. Best motivators
3. Clear images
4. Vicarious experiences
5. Variety
6. Freedom
7. Opportunities to handle and manipulate
8. Retentivity
9. Based on maxims of teaching
10. Helpful in attracting attention
11. Helpful in fixing up new learning
12. Realism
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD TEACHING AIDS:
1. They should be meaningful and purposeful.
2. They should be accurate in every respect.
3. They should be simple.
4. They should be cheap.
5. As for as possible, they should be improvised.
6. They should be large enough to be properly seen by the students for whom they are meant.
7. They should motivate the learners
8. According to the mental level of students
9. They should be easily portable
10. They should be up to date
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AV AIDS
The teacher has to put in mind these points before selecting an audio -visual aid for teaching activity:
1. Teaching objective ,.i.e. the type of behaviour change you want to bring in learner or the motive of the study.
2. Nature of subject matter being taught
3. Nature of audience ,.i.e. number, age , educational level, socio-economic status, interest , knowledge ,
experience.etc.
4. Cost effectiveness
5. Availability of equipment’s, materials and funds for preparing audio-visual aids.
6. Skill and experience of extension agent in preparation and use of audios visual aids .
7. Appropriateness, i.e. , is it relevant to the topic being discussed.
PRINCIPLES IN THE USE OF AUDIO VISUAL AID
Principle of Selection
Principle of Preparation
Principle of Physical Control
Principle of Proper Presentation
Principle of Response
Principle of Evaluation
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
DEVELOPING LEARNING RESOURCE MATERIAL USING DIFFERENT MEDIA
It has been observed that children learn best when they watch and imitate the behavior of adults like grandparents, parents,
uncles and aunts, which helps in the stimulation of sensory organs of a child. Audiovisual material make learning more
permanent since students use more than one sense. Pictures, slides, radios, videos, flashcards, toys and various other
audiovisual tools are used by teachers and facilitators to teach topics. All these tools are used to develop both the senses of
hearing and the sense of sight for overall development of a child. The example of some of the media are:
MODELS
LEAFLETS
PAMPHLET
SLIDES
LCD PROJECTOR
POWERPOINT SLIDES
SUMMARY
CONCLUSION:
