Why Teachers Dont Use Media More Frequently:

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Why Teachers Dont Use Media More Frequently
Some Reasons/Problems (based primarily on
reading 8 - Cuban, 1986) 1. Media
availability/accessibility problems 2. How
implementation decisions are made 3. Need for
instructional flexibility vs. media
inflexibility 4. Why people decide to become
teachers 5. How teachers are trained 6. Teacher
beliefs about the purpose of schooling 7. Teacher
beliefs about media 8. Teacher beliefs about the
role of the teacher 9. Choosing the wrong media
for an instructional task
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Group Members Problems Group 1 Rod,
Russell 1 2 3 Group 2 Heather, Jon
3 4 5 Group 3 Mark, Portia 6 7
9 Group 4 Carolyn, Nikki 8 9 1 Group 5 Carla,
Celeste 2 3 4 Group 6 Marina, Lakeisha 5 6
7 Group 7 Erin, Deb 6 8 9 Tasks Briefly
describe (on a sheet of paper to be handed in)
a. the nature of each problem assigned to your
group, giving 2 - 3 examples of the
nature of each problem b. one potential
solution for each problem assigned to
your group