What not to teach
at 10:18am on Tuesday, 1st February 2005
Teachers' TV, the DfES-funded television channel for the teaching profession, is due to be launched next week, as reported in today's Education Guardian. The article looks closely at our report on the possibilities of TTV, Switched On - especially the need for the channel to emulate shows such as What Not To Wear and Queer Eye For the Straight Guy in adopting a mentoring, rather than a hectoring, approach. Andrew Bethell, TTV's director of programmes, seems to have heeded this message, acknowledging that TTV will have to steer a fine line between entertaining and informing teachers. Nevertheless, TTV will face pressure from day one to deliver tangible results without being seen as a government mouthpiece.
Teachers' TV, the DfES-funded television channel for the teaching profession, is due to be launched next week, as reported in today's Education Guardian. The article looks closely at our report on the possibilities of TTV, Switched On - especially the need for the channel to emulate shows such as What Not To Wear and Queer Eye For the Straight Guy in adopting a mentoring, rather than a hectoring, approach. Andrew Bethell, TTV's director of programmes, seems to have heeded this message, acknowledging that TTV will have to steer a fine line between entertaining and informing teachers. Nevertheless, TTV will face pressure from day one to deliver tangible results without being seen as a government mouthpiece.
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