Restless Earth … Mountains; Rivers

Television and video seem to do things so well, especially in this particular subject, that one wonders whether the book can really compete. The answer must be that it is able to compete, provided that it offers either something different or, better still, something based on its own dimension. That dimension can include allowing the pupil to read, understand and absorb the information at his or her own pace, reference backwards and forwards at will with considerable ease, and return to the book or any part of it on impulse. The video or CD‐ROM can do many of those tasks,...