I attribute it instead to the notion (first promoted in the 1960's) that "television" was a way to "replace the inefficiencies associated with human teachers."
But I could be wrong.
I just see a long, slow slide whenever technology attempts to take the PLACE of the nuance and judgment of the human brain, at least in some endeavors where the input/output is very, very complex and shifting constantly-- semi-chaotic information management, I mean.
Wonder why humans still control air traffic and do brain surgery... seems like those are WAY more important than educating 6yo about reading. er-- or maybe not, now that I think about it.
Immediate feedback via a device is still relatively clumsy and crude when compared with human observation and understanding. This is why computer-graded essays are so laughable.
