Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1973

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

This study addressed itself to an historical analysis of the development of instructional television in higher education in the State of Florida. In summarizing the major points of this historical study, these results stand out clearly: (1) ITV has almost exclusively been used as an audiovisual tool, instead of being recognized and used as a medium of instruction with unique properties. (2) The use of lTV as an exact duplicate of the classroom, while feasible in times of high enrollment pressures and teacher shortages, contributes to a continued static misinterpretation of the medium. (3) All sources mention the need for a philosophical inquiry into the nature and use of the medium, but most have confined themselves to analyses concerned with the technological resources of the medium as it is presently used. A philosophy for instructional television has been suggested, and centers around the concept of process. Television as no other medium is amenable to illuminating processes and suggesting connections without forcing anyone to make a particular connection - or conversely without forcing the learner into immediate opposition to a particular connection. Suggestions for the expanded and innovative uses of instructional television have been included. (4) lTV has been most successful in subject areas requiring demonstrations of techniques or laboratory demonstrations. There was no evidence that film could not do the same job, and less expensively. (5) Faculty acceptance, while generally favorable toward lTV, diminished as lTV became a reality. (6) Considerably more work in the area of learning results of lTV needs to be undertaken despite extensive research comparing the traditional classroom with essentially the same televised presentation. Finally, specific recommendations have been offered with respect to the uses of lTV in Florida public higher education.

Extent

260 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1973.

Identifier

FADT11628

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