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Excerpted from the infoDev publication, Using Technology to Train Teachers: Appropriate Uses of ICT for Teacher Professional Development in Developing Countries.

Guiding questions

• Which of our TPD needs or goals can be met through the use of television broadcasts?
• To what extent does our country have access to the skills and facilities needed to produce programming in this medium? How extensive and reliable is the relevant infrastructure?
• How are these technologies currently used in our schools and communities? How could these programs be improved or complemented by additional programs in TPD?
• What methods and what content are appropriate to meet our TPD objectives?

Contents

• Television for TPD
• Mexico’s Telesecundaria Junior-secondary Curriculum
• Brazil’s Television for TPD
• Educational Impact
• Cost Considerations