Regional Production, Distribution, and Utilization of Instructional Television Programs: a Critical Assessment
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This dissertation has been microfilmed exactly as received ® 7-2424 CARLE, Wayne M., 1930- REGIONAL PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1966 Education, general University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan REGIONAL PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Wayne M. Carle, B.A., M.E. ********** The Ohio State University 1966 Approved by Adviser I School of Education ACKNOWLEDGMENT To Professor I. Keith Tyler, who suggested the possibility of com bining my experience and interest in the fields of education and broad casting through graduate work in radio and television education. ii VITA March 9, 1930 Born - Rock Springs, Wyoming 1948-1952 . Writer-Photographer, The Salt Lake Tribune 1952 .... B.A., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 1952-1953 . Teacher, Union High School, Roosevelt, Utah 1953-1956 . Teacher, Provo High School, Provo, Utah, and News Director, Radio Station K0V0 > 1956 .... M.E., Brigham Young University 1956-1958 . Instructor, Brigham Young University, and Program Director, Radio Station K0V0. 1958-1959 . Mass Media Fellow, the Fund for Adult Education, and Research Assistant, Bureau of Educational Research and Service, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1959-1966 . Successively Administrative Director of Research and Information and Assistant Superintendent for Profes sional Personnel, Akron Public Schools, Akron, Ohio 1966- . Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ohio State Department of Education, Columbus, Ohio PUBLICATIONS "Analyzing the Administrative Team," Ohio School Boards Journal, Vol. 5, No. 12 (December 1961), p. 28. "An Evaluation of the Ohio School of the Air." Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio State University, College of Education, Bureau of Educational Research and Service, June 1959 (mimeographed). "The Classroom: First Line of Defense in the War Against Poverty," Ohio School Boards Journal. Vol. 9, No. 5 (May 1965), pp. 8f. iii Education on the Air. Yearbook of the 1959 Institute for Education by Television. Columbus: The Ohio State University, 1959 (editor). "Needed Research in School Broadcasting," Educational Research Bulletin. Vol. 38, No. 5 (May 13, 1959), pp. 120-130. "Provo Qualifies for Professional Teacher Awards," Utah Educational Review. Vol. 48, No. 3 (January 1955), pp. 6f. "Summary of Proceedings of the Instructional Television Workshop June 19- 30, 1961, and the Conference on Modern Educational Media: Instruc tional Television, June 29-30, 1961, at The Ohio State University." Columbus: The Ohio State University, Telecommunications Center, Office of Communications Seminars and Workshops, July 1961 (mimeo graphed) . FIELDS OF STUDY Maj or Field: Education Radio and Television Education. Professor I. Keith Tyler. Educational Administration. Professor John A. Ramseyer. Adult Education. Professor Andrew Hendrickson. Higher Education. The late Professor Earl C. Anderson. iv & CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGMENT .................................................... ii VITA ........................................................ ill TABLES ............................................................ vii Chapter I. INTRODUCTION ............................................ 1 The Present Study Summary II. FULFILLING THE POTENTIAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION 17 The New Alternatives Unfulfilled Potential The Quest for Quality L . Summary III. REGIONALISM IN A M E R I C A ................................. 43 Concept of Region Regional Cooperation in Education Summary IV. STATUS OF REGIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMMING 60 Related Studies Universe of the Study Urban Regional Instructional Television Councils State and Regional Educational Television Networks Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction Regional Instructional Television Libraries Significance of the Data Summary V. IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS ...................... 220 Implications of the Data Instructional Television in the State of Ohio v Chapter Page Recommendations for State Action Summary VI. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............... 235 Summary Conclusions Recommendat ions APPENDIXES ........................................................ 249 A. Interview Schedule B. List of Respondents C. Abbreviations Used in Tables BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................... 259 vi TABLES Table Page 1. Instructional Television Program Series Proposed for . Cooperative Production in Great Plains Region ........... 65 2. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Metropolitan School Development Council of Atlanta, Georgia 83 3. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-66 By Southwest Texas Educational Television Council, Austin . 86 4. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By The Twenty-One Inch Classroom, Boston ...................... 89 5. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Central Michigan Educational Resources Council ......... 93 6. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Chicago Area School Television .............................. 95 7. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Greater Cincinnati Television Education Foundation, WCET 99 8. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland 103 9. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Classroom Ten Television Council of East Lansing ..... 106 10. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By North Central Florida Educational Television Project . 108 11. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By The Regional Educational Television Advisory Council of Los Angeles .................................................. 110 12.. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Memphis Community Television Foundation ............. 113 13. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By The Minnesota Council for School Television, and By The Council for Instructional French in Minneapolis-St. Paul . 117 14. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Metropolitan Board of Education of Nashville, Tennessee . 119 vii Table Page 15. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Educational Broadcasting Corporation, WNDT, New York City . 123 16. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Metropolitan Omaha Educaf'jnal Broadcasting Association . 127 17. Instructional Televisi a Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Tri-State Ins true t ior .1 Broadcasting Council, Philadelphia . 131 18. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Television, WQED .... 134 19. Instructional Tele/ision Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By St. Louis Educational Television Commission, KETC ........... 137 20. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Bay Region Instructional Television for Education, KQED . 140 21. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By University of Washington Station KCTS, Seattle .............. 144 22. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Southwestern Indiana Educational Television Council ......... 147 23. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Greater Washington Educational Televisxun Association, WETA 149 24. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Alabama Educational Television Network ..... ........... 152 25. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Delaware State Educational Television Board ................. 156 26. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Eastern Educational Network ................................. 161 27. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Georgia Educational Television Network ...................... 164 28. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Maine Educational Network .................................... 167 29. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Nebraska Council for Educational Television ............ 170 30. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By North Carolina Educational Television Network ............... 173 31. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Oklahoma Educational Television Authority ................... 175 viii Table Page 32. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By South Carolina Educational Television Network ......... 178 33. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction ......... 186 34. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By Great Plains Regional Instructional Television Library . 197 35. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By The National Center for School and College Television .... 203 36. Instructional Television Courses Distributed in 1965-1966 By The Northeast Regional Instructional Television Library . 205 37. Cumulative Totals of Instructional Television Courses, Participating School Districts and Enrollments, 1965-1966 . 208 38. Summary of Instructional