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Mander, Mary S. – 1986
The object of this study was to decode the expressive symbol systems attached to broadcasting in the 1920s and to come to an understanding of the significance of the new technology by exploring the utopian dimensions which were tacitly held by the market model, and expressed in a variety of ways by the men and women who were connected in some way…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Cultural Enrichment, Government Role, Mass Media
Peer reviewedWarren, Donald; Slater, Robert – Issues in Education: A Forum of Research and Opinion, 1983
Reviews the history of federal involvement in education before 1870, using recent research and methodology and a model of "crescive" (growing by increments) versus "enacted" (rationally created) institutions. Notes federal decisions regarding financial aid, land grants, military training, American Indian education, federal education agencies, and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Peer reviewedFarrell, Joseph P. – Comparative Education Review, 1997
Defines and broadly traces the history of educational planning in both developing and industrialized capitalist nations. Discusses general approaches to educational planning (technical versus political planning, top-down versus bottom-up planning, and various theoretical bases); the contingency view of planning; case examples of planned,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Development
Istance, David, Ed.; Schuetze, Hans G., Ed.; Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 2002
This book, consisting of 17 chapters written by different authors, traces the progress that has been made in developing lifelong learning policies over the past 30 years and examines current challenges to lifelong learning policymakers. Focusing on a global agenda, the book is organized in six parts with thematic chapters following an introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Communication (Thought Transfer)
