Teacher in the sky

Australia, 1977

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Episode of Series “Our Asian neighbours: India”
A film about India’s Satellite Instructional Television Experiment - an experiment in education where space-age technology is brought to bear in solving the problems of educating people in remote villages

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production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:15:03:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1977

Appears in

Our Asian neighbours: India

Group of items

Our Asian neighbours: India

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012722

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Audio-visual education

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities - India

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community education

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Technology - Social aspects

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Audio-visual education

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Distance education

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Developing countries

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Experimental methods

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - India

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Rural

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teaching - Aids and devices

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Teaching - Methodology

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Satellites

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology - Social aspects

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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