Radio and the English Teacher
Title | Radio and the English Teacher PDF eBook |
Author | Max John Herzberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1937 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
Teaching Machines
Title | Teaching Machines PDF eBook |
Author | Audrey Watters |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2023-02-07 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 026254606X |
How ed tech was born: Twentieth-century teaching machines--from Sidney Pressey's mechanized test-giver to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box. Contrary to popular belief, ed tech did not begin with videos on the internet. The idea of technology that would allow students to "go at their own pace" did not originate in Silicon Valley. In Teaching Machines, education writer Audrey Watters offers a lively history of predigital educational technology, from Sidney Pressey's mechanized positive-reinforcement provider to B. F. Skinner's behaviorist bell-ringing box. Watters shows that these machines and the pedagogy that accompanied them sprang from ideas--bite-sized content, individualized instruction--that had legs and were later picked up by textbook publishers and early advocates for computerized learning. Watters pays particular attention to the role of the media--newspapers, magazines, television, and film--in shaping people's perceptions of teaching machines as well as the psychological theories underpinning them. She considers these machines in the context of education reform, the political reverberations of Sputnik, and the rise of the testing and textbook industries. She chronicles Skinner's attempts to bring his teaching machines to market, culminating in the famous behaviorist's efforts to launch Didak 101, the "pre-verbal" machine that taught spelling. (Alternate names proposed by Skinner include "Autodidak," "Instructomat," and "Autostructor.") Telling these somewhat cautionary tales, Watters challenges what she calls "the teleology of ed tech"--the idea that not only is computerized education inevitable, but technological progress is the sole driver of events.
Video, TV and Radio in the English Class
Title | Video, TV and Radio in the English Class PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Tomalin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN | 9780333412688 |
Radio and English Teaching
Title | Radio and English Teaching PDF eBook |
Author | Max John Herzberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN |
Radio as an Aid in Teaching
Title | Radio as an Aid in Teaching PDF eBook |
Author | I. Keith Tyler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 1937 |
Genre | Radio in education |
ISBN |
The Use of the National Radio Program in the Teaching of English
Title | The Use of the National Radio Program in the Teaching of English PDF eBook |
Author | Leon C. Mulling |
Publisher | |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 1940 |
Genre | English lalnguage |
ISBN |
Teaching English by Radio
Title | Teaching English by Radio PDF eBook |
Author | Philip R. Christensen |
Publisher | Academy for Educational |
Pages | 333 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780894920608 |