The adaptability of the curriculum is also commendable. Students at different academic and developmental levels can benefit from the comprehensive style. The text is written to a student s television production knowledge base instead of a student s age or grade level. Introduction The Department of Education encourages and requires that curriculum and classroom activities be structured around a set of standards established at the state and national levels. Though these standards focus on public primary and secondary areas of education, colleges and universities are also adapting similar standards.
Secondary education is preparatory education.
Colleges and universities utilize state and national standards to continue, enhance, and refine the knowledge base that is introduced in the secondary classroom. The strand of state and national standards that is woven throughout all levels of the curriculum gives Images and Imagination its strength, versatility, and flexibility. Throughout the United States, television production is associated with many different educational categories. In some states, it is considered to be part of the visual arts department whereas in other states, it is part of drama, language arts, com munications, or technology. Images and Imagination meets and exceeds standards in all of these areas.