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Educational Technology

Notes (iii) Which approach can be used by teacher to study the issues related to educational administration
and management?
(a) Origin (b) Productive
(c) System (d) None of the above

1.7 Summary

• Educational technology is composed of two words—education and technology.
• The meaning of education in Hindi is ‘Shiksha’. It means—To educate. In other words, learning or
academic - to achieve through the creation of rituals and practices is called education.
• Technology or Technological Science is a synonym of an English word ‘Technology’. Technology

means - Methods of using scientific knowledge in daily life.
• Educational technology is the application of scientific knowledge about learning to practical learning

situations.
• Practical educational problems of the psychology of learning, educational technology investment is
intense.
• “Educational technology is a subject based on science, its objective is to make teachers, education
and the student’s task continuously simple. Together these three parts are well-adjusted so that they
are competent and capable to attain their objectives through systematic approaches. Input, Output
and Process—all three aspects should be taken into account.”
• The field of educational technology is analogous to its concept. If educational technology is

considered in terms of audio-visual aids then its field is limited to only audio-visual aids.

• Takshi Sakamato explained that educational technology mainly organizes three aspects—input,
output and process and is trying to improve after developing them.

• The utility of educational technology is increasing day-by-day. Every country in the world is adapting
it. Kothari Commission (1966) said in one of his comments, “In the last few years’ schools in India—
has paid a great attention towards the methods classroom study.”

1.8 Keywords

• Approach—Come
• Topic—Reference

1.9 Review Questions

1. What are the assumptions of educational technology?
2. What do mean by “Technology”?

3. What is education?
4. Explain the utility of educational technology.
5. What is Kothari Act?

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