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Download full textCusack, Mary Ann – 1973
The SACI project in Brazil has as a main target the country's primary teachers. The SACI Project objectives are: (1) to test the efficiency of an educational program using audiovisual media (particularly television, radio, and slow scan) at the primary level; (2) to develop television production techniques; (3) to train teachers in the utilization…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Conference Reports, Developing Nations, Early Childhood Education
Norwood, Frank W. – 1976
Expanding communications technology now offers a wide spectrum of instructional resources for the off-campus and extension student. Broadcast television and public television provide a delivery system for many higher education extension programs. Radio, videotape cassettes, and video discs offer additional instructional potential. Broadcast…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Broadcast Television, Communications, Communications Satellites
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1977
This pamphlet includes several program transcripts on educational research from the National Public Radio series, Options in Education. Dr. Harold Hodgkinson, former Director of the National Institute of Education, and Noel Epstein, Education Editor of the Washington Post, discuss "The Quality of Media Reporting on Education" and whether…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Finance, Educational Radio, Educational Research
Stoloff, David L. – 1990
Arguing that the acceptance of educational technology in Quebec is influenced by issues of economic survival and cultural identity, this paper discusses educational technology in terms of three types of media--computers, broadcast media (radio and television), and print media. Selected educational operating systems are also discussed. A search of…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Cultural Influences, Distance Education
Sharma, Motilal – 1990
The primary beneficiaries of human resource development decisions ought to be the underprivileged members of developing societies. However, the sweeping changes that have occurred in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and in developing nations, have not included progress in the field of education. For example, the educational systems of Asian…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Distance Education, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Kelly, James D. – 1987
This paper attempts to assess the influence of development communication theory on the planning and implementation of technical assistance projects in the Third World that utilize mass communication as an agent of change. Like political development theory, communication theory has often been applied in an ethnocentric manner in less developed…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1977
Several program transcripts on educational testing from the National Public Radio series, Options in Education, are included in this pamphlet. In "The I.Q. Controversy," Ned Block discusses culturally biased standardized tests. Dr. Harold Hodgkinson, former Director of the National Institute of Education, and Noel Epstein, Education Editor of the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Radio
Farmer, Marjorie; And Others – 1979
This document presents reports on the major components of the Pennsylvania Comprehensive Reading/Communication Arts Plan devised to provide literacy instruction at all educational levels in Philadelphia. Marjorie Farmer presents an overview of the program, and Peggy Glover reports on services provided at the Free Library of Philadelphia, including…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Commercial Television, Educational Radio
Sakamoto, Takashi – 1986
The goals of instructional technology in Japan are enumerated, and significant aspects of the field are presented as follows: (1) an overview of the environment for instructional technology is given in terms of academic societies and professional associations, academic and popular journals and magazines, diffusion of media and budget, and recent…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Budgets, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Radio
Perry, Walter – 1978
In a speech on the development of formalized systems for distance education, the British Open University is highlighted. Three themes are addressed: (1) objectives, methods, and evaluation of Great Britain's Open University, (2) examination and comparison of similar institutions in other countries, and (3) development of guidelines for initiation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1976
Various issues affecting minorities and their education are addressed in the transcripts of this broadcast program. The first speaker focuses on the problems involved in court ordered desegregation, which often includes busing. Among the causes for some of the racial tension surrounding desegregation are the increased enrollment of minorities in…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Educational Problems
Morgan, Robert P. – 1976
Early experiments with the ATS-1 and ATS-3 satellites utilized one way and two way audio for a variety of university purposes, and several different television modes were employed in the ATS-6 satellite. Among the higher education activities on ATS-6 were inservice teacher education and the facilitation of regionalized medical education. A college…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
White, Burton; And Others – 1976
Selected aspects of the educational process, from infancy through college, are examined in a series of interviews broadcast in the weekly National Public Radio series, "Options in Education." Child psychologist Burton White discusses his book, "The First Three Years of Life", which deals with the significance of early…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Child Care, Child Development
Fiddler, Margaret – 1992
The Wahsa Distance Education Centre is operated by the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council (NNEC) for Cree and Oji-Cree secondary students living in the 23 remote communities of Sioux Lookout District in northwestern Ontario. Although most communities have locally controlled K-8 schools, very few communities offer secondary education. The NNEC, a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Community Support
Tilson, Thomas D.; And Others – 1991
Findings are presented from studies on the use of radio for teaching primary school children mathematics in Honduras and Bolivia and English as a Second Language in Lesotho. Interactive radio instruction (IRI) is so called because of the active participation of the students. Although lessons are presented by conventional radio, scripts are written…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cost Effectiveness, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Planning
