Samuel Ball (educator)

Samuel Ball (educator)

Born Sydney 1935

His early education included time spent at Canterbury High School. Other celebrated luminaries include Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Cricket great Bob Simpson (cricketer).

His initial qualification for teaching came from Balmain's Teachers College. Early in his career, he taught in a primary school in Sydney, before finishing his Sydney University Arts degree at night, and leaving for the US for further study.Completed his Ph.D. at University of Iowa, and went to New York, where he worked at Teacher's College, Columbia University.Was employed with Jim Henson in 1968 to consult on educational issue in "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company" for Children's Television Workshop.

Was employed by ETS (Educational Testing Service) in Princeton, where he conducted research in educational testing measurement, authoring many books.

Consultancy work was completed for the UN in Africa and the Philippines.

*Professor Samuel Ball FAPA - Chair of Academic Board and Pro-Vice Chancellor Sydney University 1991 - 93,
*Professor of Education at Sydney University 1978 - 93,
*Professorial Fellow Melbourne University 2000-3,
*Chief Executive Victorian Board of Studies 1993 - 99.

Original adjudicator for "Sale of the Century"as it aired for the first time in Australia in 1980. He would write the questions. Producers would pick questions they liked, and card them for airing. In close decisions, Tony Barber would ask 'Professor Sam' to adjudicate.

Published Works

*Motivation in Education, published by Academic Press, march 1977 ISBN 012077450X
*BOGATZ, GERRY A., and BALL, SAMUEL. 1971. The Second Year of Sesame Street: A Continuing Evaluation. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
*Sesame Street summative research: some implications for education and child development ERIC Document Reproduction Service (1972) ASIN: B0006W2LS6 by Samuel Ball
*Research on Sesame Street: Some implications for compensatory education, Educational Resources Information Center (1972) ASIN: B0006W0VDS by Samuel Ball
*Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation: Concepts and Techniques for Evaluating Education and Training Programs by Scarvia B. Anderson, Samuel Ball, Richard T. Murphy Review author [s] : Daniel L. Stufflebeam The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 47, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1976), pp. 741-745 doi:10.2307/1979133

External links

* [http://www.usyd.edu.au Sydney University]
* [http://www.unimelb.edu.au Melbourne University]
* [http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au Victorian Board of Studies]


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