NAEB Newsletter (February 13, 1933)

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k f 7. The appointment of a specialist in education by radio in the United States Office of Education, in the Fall of 1931, and the provision for his support from funds appropriated for the Interior Department* 8. The conduct of a survey of 71 land-grant colleges and separate state universities to appraise their broadcasting facilities and programs and to make recommendations for the future* This survey lAihich was conducted by the staff of the National Committee on Education by Radio vdth the coopera¬ tion of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Office of Education, also had the assistance of a number of other agencies interested in this field* The report of the study is now being printed and soon will be ready for distribution* 9. The placing of the broadcasting station KOAC, formerly a part of Oregon Agricultural College, under the control of the State Board of Higher Education and using it to serve all the institutions of higher learning in that state* This is a stop in the right direction in tiie use of radio for educational purposes by the separate states, 10, The development at the University of Iowb. of recordings for broad¬ casting use at a reasonable cost. These recordings are now being used to distribute a series of psychology lectures prepared by Dr. Carl E. Seashore and staff. 11. Demonstration by the Cleveland schools that the essentials in a subject can be taught to pupils by radio. Miss Ida M* Baker of the School of Education, Cleveland, is giving instruction by radio to a large num.ber of the city*s pupils, in the essentials of third grade arithmetic. 12* The experiments in group listening in England which have demonstrated the tremendous importance of this method in securing the maximum benefit from educational radio talks and discussions. Similar experiments have been