| Abstract: | Summary In summary, then, of the six criteria set forth in this paper; (a) intellectual technique, (b) application of technique to
practice, (c) long training period, (d) association of members with a high quality of communication, (e) a series of standards
and an enforced statement of ethics, and (f) an organized body of intellectual theory constantly expanding by research, audio-visual
personnel meet only the first and second completely. The fourth and fifth are met to a degree which is not satisfactory but
which is improving. And the third and sixth tests rate such low scores that failure is the only possible grade. This adds
up, in the opinion of the writer, to the simple stated fact thatthe audio-visual field is not yet a profession.
The professionalization of the educational field is a concern of all educators. In this article James D. Finn has undertaken
the task of presenting a framework within which audio-visual specialists can work toward such professionalization. It is the
first of a series of articles by members of the DAVI Committee on Professional Education on different aspects of this problem.
Dr. Finn is Associate Professor of Education and Chaiman of Audio-Visual Education at the University of Southem California.
He is also Chaiman of the DAVI Committee on Professional Education. |
