The author suggests that there should be a continuing policy for educative broadcasting especially sensitive to the needs of lifelong non-participants in formal post-school education. He recommends extending the amount of up-market programing, injecting educative content into the down-market programs, and giving maximum exposure to educative…

THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS ITS VIEWS ON EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOR ADULTS IN CANADA. IT ARGUES FOR AN IMMEDIATE PLAN OF CHANNEL RESERVATIONS ENTIRELY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT CANADA IN BOTH VHF AND UHF. IT CALLS FOR AN ALL-CHANNEL BILL REQUIRING THAT ALL SETS SOLD IN CANADA BE CAPABLE OF…

Because mass media form one of the most important means of adult education, this two-volume textbook teaches the educational uses of radio. Instructions and sample scripts are included for talk, interview, discussion, magazine, feature, and drama programs. Each section is followed by questions to test the student's memory of basic concepts and…

Describes two mass media educational programs in Ecuador which utilize radio as an instructional medium. One stresses professionalized communication and has adapted American commercial advertising methods. The other stresses participatory communication and has extended the community development methods of the rural Latin American parish priest.…

In this document an attempt is made to present an introduction to adult education in Canada. The first section surveys the historical background, attempts to show what have been the objectives of this field, and tries to assess its present position. Section II, which focuses on the relationship among the Canadian Association for Adult Education,…

For the benefit of overseas readers, a summary is provided of the main report of Sweden's Commission on the Continued Use of Radio and Television in Education on the utilization of sound and pictures in education. A special chapter explains the Swedish school system and the organization of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation. Previous reports of…

This study provides an extensive review of the literature on distance education and of representative distance education projects and institutions in the United States and abroad, emphasizing those using telecommunications technologies. The introductory section includes a sketch of the information age and its implications for adult education and…

This collection contains four surveys and studies examining cooperation between the media and adult education bodies throughout the world. In a paper entitled "The Media and Adult Education: Indian Experience," J. S. Yadava examines two case studies of sound and six case studies of television broadcasting in India that involve…

Research and decision making in educational broadcasting is the theme of the 24 papers summarized in this document. There are ten papers on research and decision making in educational broadcasting and ten papers on evaluation and research in broadcasting. Evaluations of educational communications projects in the following countries are summarized:…

Helpful aids to finding information on all new methods and media being introduced in schools is one of the services which has been extended by the Office of Education over many years. A comprehensive radio bibliography was supplied when radio was first introduced into the classroom. In 1948, television was added to this annotated listing. Now in…