In this study I examined archival material relating to music lessons that aired on the Indiana School of the Sky during its inaugural season in the 1947–1948 school year. The Indiana School of the Sky was an educational radio program intended for use in the public schools and produced by Indiana University students and professors, in partnership with the State Department of Education. The purpose of this study was to illuminate details of the Indiana School of the Sky music program during its inaugural season in 1947–1948, such as the staff, repertoire, teaching strategies, and program structure. Of particular interest was Dorothy G. Kelley, who served as supervisor of the Indiana School of the Sky music episodes during its inaugural season, and was the first female to join the faculty of the Music Education Department at Indiana University. A secondary purpose was to examine the intersection of education and technology in the late 1940s through the lens of the Indiana School of the Sky and to afford contemporary music educators the opportunity to reflect on how they use current technologies in their classrooms. This study found that the program employed three main teaching strategies: singalong, call and response, and listening. Indiana University music and music education students performed in many music episodes alongside Kelley, and 34% of compositions that aired during the 1948–1949 school year comprised of music by composers from the United States, or folk music originating in the United States. Other countries represented by either composer or folk tradition included Australia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Mexico, Russia, and Spain.

在这项研究中，我研究了与印第安纳天空学校在1947-1948学年就职季节播出的音乐课有关的档案材料。在天空的印第安纳学校的目的是为在公立学校使用和印第安纳大学的学生和教授制作，与州教育部合作的教育电台节目。这项研究的目的是阐明1947年至1948年就职印第安纳天空学院音乐课程的细节，例如人员，曲目，教学策略和课程结构。特别令人感兴趣的是桃乐丝·凯利（Dorothy G. Kelley），他曾担任印第安纳天空学校的校长就职典礼期间的音乐剧集，并且是第一位加入印第安纳大学音乐教育系的女性。第二个目的是通过印第安纳天空学校的镜头研究1940年代后期的教育和技术交叉点并为当代音乐教育者提供机会来反思他们如何在教室中使用当前技术。这项研究发现，该程序采用了三种主要的教学策略：朗诵，呼叫和回复以及聆听。印第安纳大学音乐和音乐教育专业的学生与凯利（Kelley）一起参加了许多音乐剧集的演出，并且在1948-1949学年期间播出的作品中，有34％包括美国作曲家的音乐或起源于美国的民间音乐。以作曲家或民间传统为代表的其他国家包括澳大利亚，奥地利，捷克斯洛伐克，英国，芬兰，法国，德国，意大利，挪威，墨西哥，俄罗斯和西班牙。