This text deals with a problem concerning processes of the productive power of knowledge. We draw on the so-called poststructural theories challenging the classical image of thought--as hinged upon a representational logic identifying entities in a rigid sense--when formulating a problem concerning the gap between knowledge and the object of…

Production of multimedia for school broadcasting, with emphasis on the Trialogue project. (LS)

A look at TRU (Television and Radio in Education), which produces educational audiovisual programs for pre-school and adult education in Sweden. (HB)

A report on the emphasis education in Sweden places upon the development of social awareness, focussing on the role of various media in this process. (LS)

Brief, motivating television programs, lectures, calculation exercises, and laboratory experiments were integrated to teach a course in applied electronics at the Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm). The greater part of the learning work was done in the form of independent study checked by diagnostic tests. These tests proved to have an…

The result of an interdisciplinary conference on the qualities of an effective instructional television program, this book reports the ideas of various participants. Two papers by broadcasters represent the producer's view of ITV; one deals with instructional television in Sweden and the other with a Nigerian project. The scholar's view is…

An overview of the current status of educational broadcasting in Sweden, with emphasis on important questions which need to be answered. (HB)

Examples from the data of a study of television programing for adolescents in Sweden illustrate some of the differences in the ways programs address their male and female viewers. Whereas boy and girl characters in television programs are roughly equal in number, the distribution changes when only leading roles are considered. A marked imbalance…

This report on the organization, development, and dissemination of educational and commercial radio and television programs by the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company includes some of the research being done at the Open University. A planned reorganization of Sveriges Radio into two separate television channels and several channels for local…

These four Swedish press communiques describe government bills relevant to education. The matters covered in the bills include government funding of adult education programs, TV teaching, the copying of copyrighted materials for schools, an overall plan for post-secondary education, and educational grants to adults. (KM)

The forms of adult education in Sweden discussed in this review include the courses provided by the Labour Market Board, the folk high schools, the national and local educational schemes, the Commission for TV and Radio in Education (TRU), and the training courses arranged by the employee organizations. Brief mention is also made of the courses…

Explores the politics, purposes, problems, and potential of instructional television (ITV) in lifelong learning, highlighting adult education ITV programs in Japan, Britain, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, India, and Canada. (SK)