| Summary: | A multitude of intrinsic and extrinsic instructional media are available to both teachers and
learners. This multitude of available instructional media confront the teacher with the problem
of media selection.
Choosing the appropriate available instructional media for the teaching situation is no easy task.
This study attempts to (i) identify factors that are disclosed in media selection models and that
need to be considered when instructional media are selected for the teaching of Economics
and (ii) specify certain instructional media as appropriate for the teaching of Economics. A
literature study was undertaken with the purpose of identifying all relevant factors that need to
be considered when selecting instructional media for teaching Economics. A questionnaire was
developed to test the practical application and use of these factors in the selection of
instructional media, as well as to test the practical application for using instructional media to
achieve teaching goals in Economics education.
This questionnaire was applied to a random sample of fifty (50) active Economics teachers
drawn from a population of all Economics teachers employed by the Northern Province
Department of Education, Gauteng Department of Education, Mpumalanga Department of
Education and North West Department of Education.
The research results indicate that the factors identified by means of the literature study are
major determinants in selecting the most appropriate instructional media for teaching
Economics. Based on research findings it was possible to create a "menu" of instructional
media suitable for teaching Economics. A diagrammatic summary of a media-selection model
for teaching Economics is provided. === Thesis (MEd (Didaktiese Opvoedkunde))--PU vir CHO, 1996
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