The ETV network of the Japan Broadcasting Company (NHK) is one of the world's best. In describing the Japanese system, this article focuses on NHK's program planning and content and on its correspondence education and adult education projects. (LS)

The radio program has been particularly effective in upgrading teachers, who comprise 90 per cent of the enrollees. (SP)

With the Open University now in full operation, integrated multimedia teaching may be thought to be coming into it own in the adult education field. (Journal/EB)

THIS DOUCUMENT DESCRIBES THE JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM STANDARDS FOR JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (NHK). NHK PROVIDES ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ARE OFFERED, AS ARE VOCATIONAL AND SOCIAL EDUCATION COURSES. (MS)

The 1929-41 period brought economic hardship and struggle for National University Extension Association institutions as well as for retraining and industrial programs for war-time production. Popular issues were extension credit, standards, non-credit instruction, correspondence study, educational radio, audiovisual instruction, evening…

Briefly describes South Korea's Air-Correspondence High School (ACHS), an alternative radio/correspondence study program for adolescents and employed adults. Evaluative data is presented comparing ACHS to the regular high school on efficiency, achievement, costs, cost-effectiveness, and social equity. Comparisons are also made to other distance…

THIS VOLUME CONTAINS SIX CASES ON THE USE OF TELEVISION, RADIO, AND COORESPONDENCE STUDY--ALONE OR IN COMBINATION--FOR INSTRUCTION. EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION, AND ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICAN SAMOA (ETV), USA (HAGERSTOWN ETV), THAILAND (EDUCATIONAL RADIO), JAPAN (ETV AND CORRESPONDENCE), AND AUSTRALIA (RADIO AND…

The present practices and future possibilities of utilizing modern media in adult education are studied from the standpoint of (1) the major functions of modern media from the point of view of educational technology, and (2) the challenges of newly developed adult education to the conventional system of education. Chapter I, Basic Principles for…

This report covers the current situation and general trends in correspondence study in France and describes two public institutions involved in it: Centre National de Tele-Enseignement and Radio-Television Scolaire. The evolution of correspondence study has been linked with the development of permanent education and the parallel transformation of…

A tour to obtain a broad picture of the state of development of adult education in cities of the United States, of Canada, of India, and of the United Kingdom is described. The objectives of the tour were to examine: (1) the provision made for residential adult education overseas (the U.S.); (2) the relationship between the various agencies…

This handbook is designed to help administrators, educators, politicans, and others engaged in distance education who seek to introduce, extend, or improve correspondence education for adults. In the first of six chapters, the background and history of correspondence study, particularly in Britain and the United States, are reviewed. Chapter 2…

In developing countries the need for providing opportunities for all forms of adult learning is a first priority, since all basic development must be associated with learning. At present, most emphasis is placed on subject matter--ideas, information, skills, and techniques. It is often not realized that as far as education is concerned, the way…

This paper describes the characteristics of Botswana's remote area dwellers (RADs) and the government's related rural development policies. RADS live a nomadic lifestyle, live outside the traditional village structure far from basic services, rely heavily on hunting and gathering, have low levels of literacy and little access to education, and…