Instructional Media Technology in Secondary Education.

This paper reviews the research literature from the early 1980s to the present pertaining to instructional media utilization practices in secondary classrooms, including the challenge for educators in today's schools, the utilization of instructional media technology in the classroom, the impact of teacher training, and the effectiveness of teaching with media in secondary public schools. The literature examined includes journal articles, ERIC documents, dissertation abstracts, and reference books. The review focuses on knowledge about instructional media technology from experts in education and on similar research studies in the field; school and student characteristics that can affect the selection and acceptance of instructional media; and the identification of conditions and implications for effective use of educational media technology in secondary classroom instruction. Previous research studies that have identified relationships between teacher training and the use of various instructional media technologies are examined as a method for evaluating current media utilization practices as they relate to teacher education. Both positive and negative aspects of this research are presented, as well as recommendations by practitioners and researchers for future investigations associated with instructional media technology. (Contains 24 references.) (ALF) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U.S. DEAARTNENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educations! Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) O This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Pants of mew or Opinions stated tn this docu men! do not necessarily repreSent ogiciat OERI position or policy INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY IN SECONDARY EDUCATION Dwight L. Rogers Eastern New Mexico University BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Dwight L. Rogers TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY IN SECONDARY EDUCATION