Telesecundarias en Mexico

Exit Ticket #16 - "Telesecundaria" en Mexico:

Lesson Objective:

Understand what "Telesecundaria" is and its purpose. Tell 3 things about the "Telesecundaria" in Mexico.

Telesecundaría en México

Telesecundaria is a system of distance education programs for secondary and high school students created by the government of Mexico and available in rural areas of the country.

Multiple Choice

What is a "Telesecundaría" in México?

• is a system of distance education programs for elementary students created by the government of Mexico

• is a system of distance education programs for secondary and high school students created by the government of Mexico

Background

• Telesecundaria was born on the need to service graduates of elementary education in rural areas that were unable to continue their studies for lack of secondary schools in their areas.

• In 1968 Telesecundaria started at 304 classrooms and a teacher for each one of these in the states of Veracruz, Morelos, Estado de México, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Oaxaca and the Federal District.

• The initial number of students was 6,549.

Multiple Choice

Cierto o Falso: Telesecundaria was born on the need to service graduates of elementary education.

• Cierto

• Falso

Multiple Choice

Cierto o Falso: Telesecundaria was born on the need to service students in rural areas that were unable to continue their studies for lack of secondary schools in their areas.

• Cierto

• Falso

Más información:

• Originally, Telesecundaria transmitted black-and-white live lessons through public television channels

• Nowadays, the lessons have been pre-recorded to ensure higher quality and the image is in color and transmitted via satellite

• By the end of 1993, Telesecundaria was broadcasting to over 9,000 schools in Mexico and serving almost 600,000 students through satellite Morelos II

•  In 1994, Edusat was launched, making use of more powerful and advanced satellite (Solidaridad 1) capable of transmitting 24 hours a day and covering more areas

Multiple Choice

Broadcasts were originally ___________________.

• privately broadcast in color

• publicly broadcast in black and white

Multiple Choice

Nowadays lessons are __________________.

• recorded live

• pre-recorded

_Servicio:

• Each facility has at least one television set, a satellite dish, a set-top box (cable box) and a low noise amplifier.

• Telesecundaria broadcasts more than 4,000 television programs on channel 11 of the six channels of Edusat (Sistema de Televisión Educativa, "Educational Television System") of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP, Secretaría de Educación Pública) of Mexico

• Telesecundaria broadcasts to more than 16,000 rural facilities serving more than one million students nationwide. 

• The programs are transmitted daily between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Mexico City time) and re-transmitted between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays programs pertaining high school education are transmitted.

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Multiple Choice

Each facility has at least ______________________.

• one television set and a satellite dish

• one set-top box (cable box) and a low noise amplifier

• one television set and a low noise amplifier

• one television set, a satellite dish, a set-top box (cable box) and a low noise amplifier.

Multiple Choice

What channel is "TelesecundarÍa" broadcast?

• 2

• 6

• 11

• 25

Multiple Choice

¿Cuántas programas de televisión tienen TelesecundarÍa?

• 6

• 4,000

• 16,000

• más que (more than) 1 millón

Multiple Choice

¿Cuántos estudiantes aprenden a través de Telesecundaría?

• 6

• 4,000

• 16,000

• más que (more than) 1 millón

TelesecundarÍa en México:

Click the arrow on the picture to watch a video that discusses "Telesecundaria." The video is in Spanish, but while you are watching, try to pick out 3 different facts.

Open Ended

Tell me things things you learned about "Telesecundarías" in México (you can write the facts in English, but be prepared to discuss your findings in Spanish during class).