William Bianchi

Schools of the Air

A History of Instructional Programs on Radio in the United States

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Born in the 1920s during the emergence of radio, schools of the air broadcast an impressive array of instructional programs for the classroom. These broadcast schools operated at the national, state and local levels; issued teacher manuals and learning materials; and offered enormous educational resources to students in both rural and urban areas. This work gives the history of 14 schools of the air, and fills an important gap in scholarship about American education and broadcast media. The book also assesses the successes and failures of the school of the air movement, and examines reasons for its demise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 637g
• ISBN-13: 9780786430581
• ISBN-10: 0786430583
• Artikelnr.: 22553771

Autorenporträt

Tech writer William Bianchi lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Tables     
Abbreviations Used     
Preface     
Introduction     
SECTION I: RADIO BECOMES AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIUM     
Early Years: Idealism and Commerce     
Education and Regulation     
Three Experiments     
A National School of the Air?     
Schools of the Air Emerge     
Summary     
SECTION II: NETWORK SCHOOLS OF THE AIR     
NBC's Music Appreciation Hour     
CBS and the American School of the Air     
Summary: Network Schools of the Air     
SECTION III: STATE-BASED SCHOOLS OF THE AIR     
Ohio School of the Air     
Wisconsin School of the Air     
Minnesota School of the Air     
Texas School of the Air     
New York: The Empire State FM School of the Air     
Oregon School of the Air     
The Prairie Farmer: WLS's School Time     
Summary: State-Based Schools of the Air     
SECTION IV: LOCAL SCHOOLS OF THE AIR     
Cleveland School of the Air     
Chicago Public School of the Air     
Rochester School of the Air     
Portland, KBPS     
WNYE School of the Air     
Detroit     
Limited Data Local Schools of the Air     
Alameda City School of the Air     
Akron, Ohio     
Summary: Local Schools of the Air     
SECTION V: OPPORTUNITY LOST?     
Summary of Findings and Conclusions     
Reasons for Demise     
Successes     
Why Did Not More Teachers Use Schools of the Air?     
The Wisconsin Exception     
Other Measures of Success     
Questions and Lessons Learned     
References     
Index