Europe Singh Introduction Many claims are made for television. Without wanting to enter the minefields that represent these debates, there is probably some validity in all these propositions. What appears to be taken for granted without much debate, however, is that television can educate. TV can take us into worlds and human interactions that we would have to wait a lifetime to observe in the flesh.
Education is top of the list.
While television can do some things extremely well, it does others very poorly. We have to separate the usefulness from the hype. We also need to agree what we understand by education and more specifically by learning. While television can do some things extremely well, it does others very poorly. We have to separate the usefulness from the hype.