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Educational Technology: History of educational media · From Print to Broadcast

How print, projection, film, radio and television entered education, and what research learned about whether media themselves make people learn.

Educational Technology · 26 questions

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1. In early modern schools, what was a hornbook?

  1. A paddle holding a printed alphabet sheet
  2. A bound book of hymns for choir practice
  3. A teacher's ledger of pupils' grades
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Answer: A paddle holding a printed alphabet sheet

A printed sheet with the alphabet and short texts was mounted on a wooden paddle and covered with a thin, transparent layer of horn to protect it from wear.

2. Why is Comenius's Orbis Pictus (1658) considered a landmark in educational media?

  1. An early textbook pairing pictures with words
  2. The first printed grammar of Latin for schools
  3. The first book printed with movable type
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Answer: An early textbook pairing pictures with words

It showed labeled pictures of everyday things beside the text, on the idea that children learn words better when they are linked to images of the things themselves.

3. How did the printing press most directly change schooling?

  1. Many pupils could share identical texts
  2. Teachers no longer needed to explain lessons
  3. Reading turned into a silent activity overnight
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Answer: Many pupils could share identical texts

Before print, texts were hand-copied and scarce, so lessons leaned on dictation and memorization; print made affordable, standardized books possible.

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