Dean and Sybil McClusky
Research Award
The ECT Foundation's Dean and
Sybil McClusky Research Award is presented to honor the most outstanding
doctoral research proposal in educational technology, as selected by a
jury of researchers from the Research and Theory Division of the Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).
The awardee receives a cash
award of $500 with a plaque of achievement
presented during the awards ceremony at the 2010 annual convention to
be held October 26-30, 2010 at Hyatt Regency Orange County, Anaheim, California.
Background
F. Dean McClusky was a professor
of education at the University of California, Los Angeles. A prolific
writer and researcher in the educational communications and technology
field, he established his reputation with publications such as Audio-Visual
Teaching Techniques, the A-V Bibliography (1950) which contained more
than three thousand references to literature dealing with the use of audio-visual
materials and techniques in education, and The Audio-Visual Reader (1954),
a collection of readings in the visual education field co-edited with
James S. Kinder, who was the coordinator of AV Services at San Diego State
College. McClusky's wife, Sybil Kemp McClusky, working as his editorial
assistant, offered constructive criticism and proofread manuscripts.
In 1976 the Association for
Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) posthumously awarded
McClusky its Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his outstanding
leadership in advancing the theory and practice of educational communications
and technology over a substantial period of time. The Dean and Sybil McClusky
Research Award for an outstanding doctoral research proposal was established
with funds donated to the ECT Foundation by Dean and Sybil McClusky, an
expression of their commitment to the future leaders of the field.
Criteria:
Submitted proposals may follow
acceptable formats of individual schools but must include at least:
- The definition of the
problem including a statement of significance.
- A review of pertinent
literature.
- Research hypothesis to
be examined.
- Research design and procedures
including statistical techniques.
Applicants are encouraged to
review pages 157-161 of Isaac, Stephen and Michaels, William B., Handbook
in Research and Evaluation, Robert R. Knapp, San Diego, CA 1971.
Applicants must be presently
enrolled in a doctoral program in educational technology and have obtained
committee acceptance of their proposal.
Intention Statement:
The winner will be expected
to sign a statement of the effect that he/she will complete the proposed
doctoral study in accordance with the sponsoring university's graduate
school policies (including any time limitations) or be required to return
the award received.
Procedure:
To submit a
nomination complete the form. Please click
here.
Deadline:
Deadline for nominations is July 29th, 2010.
Contact:
For more information please
contact Rhonda Robinson at rrobinson@niu.edu
ECT FOUNDATION
The ECT Foundation is the
non-profit organization that carries out the purposes and programs of
the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
that are charitable and educational in nature. The awards given through
the ECT Foundation promote scholarship and leadership in the field of
educational communications and technology. Because it is a non-profit
organization, all donations to the ECT Foundation are tax-deductible.
Financial gifts to support its many programs are welcome. For additional
information or to make a donation, write to ECT Foundation, c/o AECT,
1800 N. Stonelake Dr., Suite 2, Bloomington, IN 47404.
DIVISION
OF RESEARCH AND THEORY
The Division of Research
and Theory of the Association for Association of Educational Communications
and Technology (AECT) improves the design, execution, utilization, evaluation,
and dissemination of audio visual communications research; advises educators
on the effective utilization of the results of the research; and promotes
applied and theoretical research on the use of media. A jury of researchers
from Research and Theory will select the winner(s) of the Dean and Sybil
McClusky Research Award.
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