Woldegerima, Hailesillassie (Associate professor)Desta, Solomon2018-10-182023-11-102018-10-182023-11-102010-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12844The ultimate purpose of this study was to investigate some of the factors that facilitate or impede Educational Television programs in promoting teaching-learning with particular reference to secondary schools of Addis Ababa. Keeping in view the nature and requirement of the present study, "descnjJtive survey method" was adopted to explore and assess the educational television programs watched and its effect in the teaching and learning process in the selected secondary schools of Addis Ababa. Accordingly, to collect the necessCllY data related literature was collected, reviewed and discussed. Pilot study was carried out to help improve the validity and reliability of students' questionnaire. Subsequently, students' and teachers' questionnaires, principals and educational media personnel interview and classroom observation were designed and administered as the instrument of the study. To this effect. 300 students, J 00 teachers, five school principals and five media personnel were randomly selected Fom the randomly selected 8 secondary schools and Department of JeT so as to give their responses on designed questionnaires and interview. Questionnaire was the ,rwin instrument used to collect data, on the other hand interview and classroom observation were administered as second instruments for the study. The responses were tabulated, discussed and analyzed by employing percentage frequency distribution and were advanced using different data analyzing tools like mean, graphs. histogram etc. This research appraised the interest as well as attitude of students and teachers towards Television education, on top of this it reviewed factors that facilitate or impede television education and factor that trim down teacher's role in television classroom. Furthermore it appraised the differences in motivation and achievement of television users and nonusers in public and private schools. From the findings Pace of the television program presenters, problem in understanding the lesson and Language problems were considered major hindering factors for the follow up of students as evident. From the study it was concluded that pace and language problem abridged the means for effective communication and transcription, students were not fully interested in educational television programs. The understandability of the plasma television is questioned. Limited share of classroom teacher's time did not allow playing the roles and techniques employed in plasma television teaching-learning. The recommendations given were that the television programs have to be revised to meet the pace; relevance and language level of the students. Language development at early level and early English television programs are required to assist students to follow the Education Television programs.enEduca Tlonal Televisionin Promoting Teaching - LearningThesis