The portability of the book, shared with its repeatability and cheapness, created on the one hand the habit of privacy and silence, and on the other hand made possible the classroom in which all have ready for use the same data and texts.
“The New Media and the New Education”, in The Basilian Teacher, December 1961, p 95. Portions originally published as “Grammars for the Newer Media.” In Communication in General Education: College Composition and Communication (1960)
Year: 1961
Chapter:
Education
Compiled by William Kuhns
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