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Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. – 1990
Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) is a powerful, innovative methodology for teaching that provides an instructional template for the improvement of primary education in developing nations. Due to the low cost of radio technology and the prevalence of its use in economically deprived areas, IRI has proved successful in addressing four issues in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Download full textAgency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Bureau of Science and Technology. – 1983
Research on the role of educational radio in the classroom sponsored by the Agency for International Development over a ten-year period in Nicaragua, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic is reviewed. An introductory section outlines the reasons for using radio for instructional purposes: (1) it is widespread and democratic; (2) serious radio use is…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Costs, Developing Nations
