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RADIO IIT EDUCATION (Continued)
July 2. 1932
as well as in direct instruction. Considered educationally, radio is not a separate entity "but is simply a conveyer of sound. Its value depends upon what is "broadcast and how the broadcast material is used.
"Many of the radio problems being discussed are essentially problems of edu¬ cation rather than problems of radio. While it is important that educators possess an intelligent appreciation of the art of broadcasting, it is more import¬ ant that they be thoroughly familiar with the principal purposes and best prac¬ tices of education. For if radio is to be applied to education, education must first be applied to radio.
"Sven though the radio has formed some unfortunate associations in the minds of many educators, it has a number of noteworthy achievements to its credit. It has already become the principal source of economical entertainment and lastminute news. Steadily, it is breaking dov;n the barriers of isolation as it broad¬ ens the horizons and enriches the lives of countless millions of people. It has become an important social factor in nearly every country in the world.
"If educational leaders accept a broad social conception of education, they v;ill realize with ever-increasing significance the importance of harnessing radio and putting it to work to help bear the constantly growing burdens of education.
"Numerous school officials are willing to bear witness to the educational power of radio. By means of broadcasting and centralized radio facilities it appears that supervisors are able to check the work of the teachers and the classes. Important annoiuicements and instructions may be given, and superior work can be made generally available. But above all, radio broadcasting is peculiarly wellsuited for the improvement of instruction by means of demonstration lessons.
"Supervision, being a cooperative enterprise for the improvement of instruf'tion, can be especially helpful in the securing of suitable radio-sound equipment, in selecting broadcast programs, and in devising methods of integrating them into the curriculum of the school. If the classroom teacher will bear her share of the burden in the three-way teaching arrangement, it appears that the radio may be used in many vvays to advance the educational process. It can enrich the currictilum and vitalize instruction, T^e throbbing present may be brought into the classroom and the dead past made to live again. It is the responsibility of supervision to determine how rad^ o can be efficiently used. If the radio cannot assist in realizing the commonly-accepted purposes of education more effectively than they could be realized otherwise, it ha,s very little place in the school."
DOC ELLIOTT A CANDIDATE
Dr. Frank W. Elliott, former president and director of the NAB, has won the Republican nomination for Congress in the Davenport, lov/a, district. Dr. Elliott formerly was manager of 'vraO-WOC at Des Moines. He is running as a wet.