Barbara Cole served as a television teacher and research writer for the American Samoan Educational Television Program from 1966 to 1968. Early in 1961, the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), with money from Congress, began studying methods for improving literacy in American Samoa. It was decided to use television to improve educational practices. Cole’s work for the project included curriculum development, writing lesson plans, writing scripts for televised instruction, and as an on-camera teacher for English as a Second Language courses.
The Barbara Cole Papers focuses on the curriculum developed for the Educational Television of American Samoa project.
