CCCTV; The Story of the Chelsea Closed-Circuit Television Project
Robert Archer (Art) New York: Board of Education of the City of New York, Hudson Guild Neighborhood House, and Language Research Incorporated. c1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. The format is approximately 9 inches by 6 inches. 12 pages, plus covers. Illustrated covers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Rare surviving copy of summary of the report that was distributed by the Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction. The Chelsea Closed-Circuit Television was an experiment in school-community education and development which sought to open up communication by utilizing the most up-to-date instrument in a special way. The use of closed-circuit television has dealt in a new way with the perennial educational problem of helping the newcomer adjust to the culture of the large city. The project has been an experiment in the improvement of classroom instruction and the enrichment of the educational program through closed-circuit TV. As this report went to press, the community service possibilities of closed-circuit television faced further testing in Chelsea. Almost three thousand middle-income families then occupied the ten 21-story cooperative buildings comprising Penn Station South. Located just east of P.S. 33, they presented a new dimension in the community and a new challenge to the experience of CCCTV. The CCCTV project was initiated under William Jansen as Superintendent of Schools and Charles H. Silver as President of the Board of Education; it was completed under Superintendent John H. Theobald and President Max J. Rubin. Harold Marder was director at the completion of the project. Dr. A. Barnett Langdale was chairman of the English and Speech Departments of Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N.Y and noted author. An alumnus of Boys High School, Dr. Langdale attended Wesleyan University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, and later went on to Columbia University and the culmination of his education. He received his doctorate from Columbia in 1936. His first teaching position as a member of an English Department was at Brooklyn Technical High School, but he left it in 1940 to accept the chairmanship of the English Department at Erasmus. Dr. Langdale was the author of a biography of Phineas Fletcher, seventeenth century English poet, and several textbooks. He conducted several projects and studies for the Ford Foundation and the Board of Education, among which were a study of Puerto Rico and a survey of closed-circuit television in education. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Chelsea New York, Closed-circuit Television, Closed Circuit Television, CCCTV, Education, Classroom Instruction, Community Service, Hudson Guild Neighborhood, Elliott Houses, P. S. 33, Public School 33
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