Instruments directed toward mass education and in use or soon to be in use in Tanzania are discussed. These include radio, radio with the addition of written study aids, or a combination of these with correspondence instruction. The radio approach to adult education has been uncoordinated at the national level. Each organization with radio time…

A preparatory course and a three-week study safari to Tanzania were conducted jointly by the University of Southampton and Nottingham University. The course sought to increase the participants' understanding of Tanzania's geography, economy, politics, education, and social systems. The actual visit is also described. (Author/EC)

The author discusses emerging trends in popular education, including various grassroots experiments and projects. He describes popular education not as a component of modernization programs but as a movement that begins with the people. (CH)

Looks at aspects of adult education in developing nations in the subcontinent of India: organization and management, policy and planning, and the issue of relating adult education to the development goals of the country. (SK)

Explains the role of one type of adult education--Accelerated Training for Workers--in combating underdevelopment in Mozambique. Presents a response to the needs of a nation that is changing rapidly after centuries of neglect and foreign domination. (JOW)

Concludes that a Mass Literacy Campaign in a complex political setting in a nation such as Nigeria, devoid of ideological orientation and lacking in a popularist approach to the elimination of illiteracy, has limited chances of success despite the attractions and merit of a literate citizenry. (JOW)

Article describes the results of a study which shows little evidence that formal education stimulates agricultural or industrial development. (Author/MM)

It is the responsibility of adult education to train and retrain manpower to translate political, economic, and social objectives into action plans and programs, and to diffuse values, orientation, attitudes, and perspectives among the people in order to reduce social inequality. (CT)

Posits that, in order to reduce underdevelopment, solutions must be found for problems of production and productivity, and for the improvement of living conditions of the rural population through the elimination of structural constraints on development. (Author/JOW)

Presents a critique of rural development trends in Third World countries. Analyzes the tensions and contradictions between the theory of adult education as a learner participation activity and the manipulative role it often plays in the maintenance of the status quo. (SK)

Eight strategies for increased participant acceptance of training provided in different cultural settings are as follows: gain top-level institutional support; use local co-instructors; select prestigious training sites; gain legitimacy through external funding; use mass media for promotion; keep training concepts simple; encourage active…

As former colonies struggle with economic development, consumerism competes with environmental awareness and concern. Developing countries should reject the models of the colonial past and create developmental strategies that preserve natural resources. (SK)

Describes networking from the perspective of rural women in the Pacific Islands. Distinguishes between a network and an organization. (JOW)