Education — Technology, Systems and Programs

In June 1966, the Dept. of State held the First National Foreign Policy Conference for Educators in an effort to encourage creative effort for improving the international aspects of education we are providing our own people. The Society can become an important cog in this program, and this is evidenced in part by the papers which are frequently presented at our semiannual Conferences or published in the Journal. International flavor is apparent when we read or hear a paper such as “Motion Pictures and Education in Eastern Europe,” when we participate in the international congresses on high-speed photography, send a Society delegate to the First International Congress on Photography and Film in Industry and Technology (this fall in Cologne), and exchange delegates with Russia on motion-picture techniques. Our international contributions to education are also emphasized by the Journal's continued publication of abstracts and foreign languages. — Our Society contributions to international education cannot be limited to papers written specifically for or called “education.” What we do in engineering to develop our own techniques, people, or resources is also the measure of our continuing contribution to international education. Although most SMPTE papers are not aimed at any foreign policy, the monthly Journals become U.S. representation in the technology of motion pictures, television, instrumentation, and—with increasing importance—photographic science. — In general, we are ambassadors—through our Journal and by international participation of individuals and Society delegations—to the culture of the world, including our assimilation of foreign efforts into our own national culture. We are thus in support of the State Dept. goal of a creative effort for world-wide education, which, in part, can be considered part of our educational goal. —Max Beard

Print ISSN
Published
1966-09
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J07094