Parents of children participating in El Salvador's educational television program were interviewed in group sessions. While the parents had little specific information about education television, and thus had some fears and misconceptions, their impression of educational television, probably derived almost completely from their children's…

"Instructional television has played a unique role of catalyst for innovation in El Salvador's educational reform. In this case, technology has aided educational planners in conceiving and carrying out systematic changes on a wide scale. With this type of use of technology, developing countries may expect a far greater impact from the new…

Research carried out on El Salvador's Educational Reform project in the first school year that used instructional television (February-November, 1969) is summarized in this report. Focusing on the 32 pilot classes using television, together with 16 other classes without television, chapters include the administrative history of the Reform, studies…

The evaluation of instructional television (ITV) is a new field with evaluation methods largely borrowed from other disciplines. The evaluator is not apt to be trained specifically in this area but will learn "on the job" while defining his role for those with whom he works. The evaluator should consider the following recommendations: (1)…

Rural adult education projects using television in Tanzania, the Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic, and Guatemala are described and compared with special attention given to objectives, organization, selection and recruitment of supervisors, monitors and participants, use of communication media, feedback and evaluation systems impact, and…

A number of preliminary research findings from the El Salvador Television and Education Reform Project's first year (1969) are reported. Results for student achievement and aspiration gains in television classroom as compared to traditional controls are encouraging, but detailed analysis is necessary, as well as better control of student…

Intended to provide information for Ivorian decision makers, this paper presents an overview of technological alternatives for the delivery of instruction at the post-primary level and their accompanying costs. Five alternatives for regular secondary education as it now exists in the Ivory Coast are reviewed: traditional, audiovisual-traditional,…

Teachers in El Salvador who participated in a three-month retraining course were given comparable questionnaires during the first and last week of the course, to examine their concepts about instructional television (ITV), professional roles and responsibilities in ITV-aided classrooms, and teachers' problems. Of the 92 teachers who completed the…

This booklet discusses, in the context of low-income countries, a series of planning issues bridging education and communication. The planning issues include the democratization of educational opportunity, the quality of instruction and learning, the impact of education through technology on rural areas, and the participation of people in their…