The title reflects the first and major article in an issue of this newsletter devoted heavily to video technology. The flexible capabilities of videotape used with microteaching are presented and illustrated with case studies of childhood education and rural health development programs in Nigeria, improvement of nurses' communication skills, and…

This profile of the population of Thailand contains 35 tables of selected demographic information, including size of population and estimates of fertility and mortality, beginning in 1950. An adjusted distribution of the population by age and sex is given for the latest census year, as well as for 1976. Projections of the number of women of…

The model described in this manual is intended to assist national planners and others concerned with the allocation of resources in developing nations in arriving at informed decisions regarding national or regional educational activities. The focus of the model is on projecting yearly capital, recurrent, and total expenditures for national…

This report of a study on the status of vocational education and training in the Republic of Korea is divided into four parts. Part l describes problems due to the inability of the educational system to keep up with demand for qualified personnel. Part 2 focuses on the status of occupational training in Korea with specific reference to innovative…

The research on which this report is based has aimed at an assessment of the nature of reform of education content and associated processes in developed Western nations as well as in the Arab world. Chapter 1 is designed to clarify the concept of "education content" and to specify processes involved in "content reform," as…

This document reports on the technical and programmatic planning stages of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), which was undertaken by India in 1975-76 utilizing the first satellite capable of transmitting television programs directly to community receivers. Programmatic planning includes program objectives, the mechanics of…

One of a series on the state of recurrent education in OECD member countries, this report examines the educational programs of New Zealand in the context of both the educational objectives of the New Zealand government and the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. Three major headings comprise the focus of the document: the New Zealand…

As the first volume of a 4-volume report evaluating the University of Massachusetts Non-Formal Education Project (UMass NFEP) in rural Ecuador, this volume presents summary responses to the following evaluation questions: (1) What does UMass NFEP purport to do? (2) How does UMass NFEP go about implementing its goals? (3) To what extent is UMass…

As the third volume in a 4-volume evaluation report on the University of Massachusetts Non-Formal Education Project (UMass NFEP) initiated in rural Ecuador in 1973, this volume presents an in-depth analysis of the evaluation findings. Since UMass NFEP was initiated for purposes of developing new materials and methodologies in conjunction with and…

The paper is one of a series from the Indian Directorate of Adult Education. Intended to stimulate reflection and discussion among educationists about the long-term perspectives, roles, and functions of universities in various aspects of adult continuing and nonformal education, the paper makes specific suggestions on opening universities to the…

This report contains ten papers dealing with population growth that focus attention on the quality of life in human settlements and the values and practical policies to be sought. Some of the papers were prepared for the Habitat Conference convened in Vancouver by world governments in June 1976. The first paper discusses world action plans for…

This interim report of the Yale Project describes the progress made on the nutrition and growth study of Tunisian children from September 1, 1972 through February 28, 1973. A major part of the report is devoted to the organizational and data collection problems of the longitudinal study, discussed under the following categories: biomedics,…

The concept of nonformal education (NFE) is explored in a series of team reports. These reports fulfill the first objective, knowledge building, of a program that will culminate in the application of the knowledge about NFE in developing areas of the world through consultation, technical assistance, workshops, and information dissemination.…

Research was conducted to compare the efficacy of the Mexican Telesecundaria (TS) system, which used instructional television (ITV), with that of the Ensenanza Directa (ED), which employed traditional instructional techniques. Information on the following four dimensions of the two systems at the ninth-grade level was collected: (1) student…

The technical working group meeting on alternative structures and methods in teacher education met to: 1) examine case studies prepared on alternative structures and methods in teacher education and other relevant materials; 2) prepare models of alternative structures and methods in teacher training; and 3) make suggestions on field-testing of…