REPOR T RESUMES ED 019 007 EM 006 677 THE 1968 CATALOG OF RECORDED TELEVISION COURSES AVAILABLE FROM NATIONAL GREAT PLAINS INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION LIBRARY. NEBRASKA UNIV., LINCON EDRS PRICE MF -$0.50 HC -$4.64 114P. DESCRIPTORS- *INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION, *TELECOURSES, *TELEVISED INSTRUCION, AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION, *CATALOGS SECONDARY EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, HIGHEREDUCATION, PARENT EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION, ENRICHRENT ACTIVITIES, INTENDED FOR USE BY ADMINISTRATORS AND PLANNERS, THIS GUIDE DESCRIBES COURSES AVAILABLE FROM THE GREAT PLAINS ITV LIBRARY. FIVE INDICES ARE INCLUDED, ONE CLASSIFYING ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, SECONDARY AND ADULT COURSES BY SUBJECT, ANOTHER LISTS THEM BY GRADE LEVEL. A THIRD LISTS COLLEGE COURSES BY SUBJECT, ANOTHER DESCRIBES INSERVICE TEACHER - TRAINING MATERIALS. A FINAL. ALPHABETIZED INDEX LISTS ALL COURSES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM THE GREAT PLAINS LIBRARY INCLUDING FORD FOUNDATION KINESCOPES. LEASING AND PURCHASING COSTS ARE GIVEN, AS WELL AS PREVIEWING POLICIES AND ORDERING INFORMATION. (JM) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. 1`, s0 SES ELEMENTARY SECONDARY COLLEGE Great Plains National Instructional Television Library THE POLICY BOARD of the GreatPlains National Instructional Television Library Though television is a relative youngster in the field of education, its usefulness in schools and colleges has become evident in thousands of classrooms across the United States. Educational institutions employing instruction by television have found recorded telecourses from Great Plains National Instructional Television Library playing a significant role in their curricular planning. Thousands of youngsters and hundreds of teachers have viewed ma- terials distributed by the Great Plains Library over the past six years. The strength and usefulness of this material is indicated by the fact that the course re-use rate, from year to year, has ranged from 95 to 99 per cent. These significant statistics, indicating enthusiastic and continued accept- ance, assure a high degree of validity in the material. New quality telecourses are continually being added to the Great Plains' offering, as shown in the pages of this 1968 catalog. The Library's pledge is that education be served progressively and efficiently through ambitious and thoughtful use of the television medium. We invite you to read this catalog. It is a graphic outline of our ability to serve you well. DR. KENNETH E. OBERHOLTZER Chairman, GPNITL Policy Board, and Sup't of Public Schools (Retired) Denver, Colorado WALTER K. BEGGS VICE CHAIRMAN W. C. MEIERHENRY Dean of Teachers College Assistant Dean, Teachers College The University of Nebraska RICHARD B. HULL The University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Chairman, Sub-Committee on Television of the Commission on Research and Service ELAINE MERKLEY MILTON W. BIERBAUM North Central Association Administrative Assistant Superintendent, School District of of Colleges and Secondary Schools Elementary Education Maplewood-Richmond Heights Columbus, Ohio Sioux City Public Schools Maplewood, Missouri Sioux City, Iowa BARTON L. GRIFFITH J. FRED MURPHY Director, Instructional Television President (1961-62), North Central University of Missouri Association of Colleges and Columbia, Missouri Secondary Schools Indianapolis, Indiana KENNETH JONSON GEORGE PARKINSON Mountain States Representative EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT Director, Milwaukee Vocational National Education Association and Adult Schools Englewood, Colorado Milwaukee, Wisconsin JACK McBRIDE J. MARTIN KLOTSCHE Directo- of Television and JOHN C. SCHWARZWALDER Chancellor General Manager, KUON-TV General Manager, Twin City Area The University of Wisconsin The University of Nebraska ETV Corp. and KTCA-TV Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lincoln, Nebraska St. Paul, Minnesota 06677 The 1968 Catalogof RECORDED TELEVISION COURSES available from Great PlainsInstructional Television Library University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Area Code 402 432-3081 or 432-3637 The Great Plains Nationalinstructional Television Library 1968Catalog of Recorded Television Courses TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Policy Board Listing and Chairman's Comments Inside Front Cover Introduction to Catalog 4 General Information Section 8 Indices Elementary, Jr. High, Secondary & Adult Courses (by Subject Matter) 12 Elementary, Jr. High, Secondary, Adult Courses (by GradeLevel)13 Utilization and In-Service Materials 14 College Level Courses (by subject Matter) 15 Alphabetized Index of All GPNITL Materials 16 Elementary, Jr. High, Secondary, and Adult CourseSection 18-53 Utilization and In-Service Materials Section 56-59 Preface to College Course Section 61 College Course Section 64-98 Ford Foundation Kinescopes 99-110 Video Tape Recorder Information 112 List of Library Course Users Inside Back Cover The 'What Great Plains Instructional yF Television and of Library ii Wh y' -A MESSAGE OFINTRODUCTION FROM THESTAFF- Education is an ever-continuing, never-endingsearch. The student searches forknowledge...the teacher, in addition to his quest forexpanded personal knowledge, looks for waysin which to upgrade the quality of his instruction.Forward-looking teachers appreciate stimuliwhich may spur them toward in- novation and the use of materials andtools which will help them be moreeffective in their work. Perhaps the most important andmeaningful aspect of this search lies in thefinding of material which challenges the student to developbetter observation and listening skills.This type of stimulus is found in good instructional television coursesand, consequently, schools wiselyusing ITV have found it to be a tool of great value. However, the production of qualityinstructional television lessons requiresspecial talent, a sizeable staff, much time, hard work and money.In some instances these expendituresof time and talent are un- necessary becausequality materials have already been produced,recorded and made available on video tape. The Great Plains NationalInstructional Television Library now supplies manyof the best instruc- tional television lessons made inthe United States. These series of lessons,produced and used by major non-profit educational institutions overthe nation, are described on the pagesof this catalog. PAUL H. SCHUPBACH Director, GPNITL X / AA r L. TRACY CLEMENT Associate Director 4 MILTON E. HOFFMAN Programming Counselor C, ' W. T. (Bill) SEMRAD Programming Counselor Just how and why did the Great PlainsNational ITV Library come into being? A study undertaken in 1960 and 1961by Jack McBride and W. C. Meierhenry of theUniversity of Ne- braska (made in cooperation withthe U. S. Office of Education) revealed that map,/recorded ITV courses had been producedprivately for independent use in school systems overthe country. The question became: how could this extantmaterial best be acquired, stored, duplicated anddis- tributed to schools desirous of its use.`Thc., idea formed: through the establishment ofdistribution cen- ters or "libraries"exclusively organized for these tasks. The Great Plains Library thus cameinto being in 1962 as one of these experimental centers.It was initially funded by the U. S. Office ofEducation as a Title VII project. After only four years of opera- tion under the aegis of USOE, Library assumed total fiscal independence andresponsibility in No- vember 1966. This new phase in the operation ofGPNITL came about due to the continued andgrowing usage of the Library's instructionalmaterials by educational institutions across theUnited States. Though no longer the recipient of Federalfunds, the Library continues to work under theadminis- trative wing of the University ofNebraska Television Department ...and under policies established by a policy board (currently 12 members)comprised of persons from across the nationrepresentative of all levels of educational interests. The basic purpose of the Library is toprovide for the acquisition, storage,duplication and distribu- and local, pri- tion of videotaped instructionalmaterials...and to make them accessible for use by state vate and publiceducational agencies for use in elementary orsecondary schools and institutions of higher learning. During the 1966-67 school year, theLibrary served 75 educational patrons across theUnited States (Alaska and Hawaii included) andin Canada. Course-uses from GPNITLduring the period totaled 259, representing the duplication anddistribution of nearly 7,800 separate telecourselessons. A state-by-state listing of Library users may befound elsewhere in this catalog. More than 80 separate courses in avariety of subject matter areas and ranging throughthe elementary, secondary and college scholastic levels are nowavailable through the Great Plains Librarya distantand astounding leap from the single courseoffered by the Library during its first year ofexistence. Because the majority of these courses areprimarily supplemental in nature (the college levelmaterial curriculum of almost any school. However, each course excepted),they can easily be adapted to the should be carefully considered as toits suitability for use in view of localeducational needs. Distribution of these recorded coursesis through duplicate video tape recordings madefrom dupli- cation masters held at the GreatPlains National Instructional Television Library.Individual