This study examines the global expansion strategies that were initiated by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), with a specific focus on the adaptations of "Sesame Street: in Japan and South Korea in the 1970s and 1980s. When CTW began its globalisation in the early 1970s, the international adaptation process of "Sesame Street"…

A discussion of the educational television programing available for special education in Japan. (HB)

A brief statement on the philosophy and goals of Janan's NHK. (HB)

A brief look at the Japan Prize Circulating Library, with a schedule of appearances. (HB)

A discussion of Japan's NHK from the perspective of WETA's (Washington) director of production. (HB)

A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN ASIA TO LEARN OF DEVELOPMENTS IN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO COMPILE, TRANSLATE, AND PUBLISH EDUCATIONAL MEDIA MATERIALS FROM THE MAJOR ASIAN COUNTRIES AND TO MAKE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR VISITED 20 COUNTRIES IN THE…

This overview of the development of media education in Japan begins with a discussion of the motion picture as entertainment and the public attitude toward film in Japan during the early years of the century. The introduction of film education into the schools in the 1920s--both teaching by film and teaching about film--is then described together…

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…

Twelve multi-media adult education projects in nine countries are described in this 250-page book. The projects include England's Open University, Japan's Broadcast Correspondence High School and University of the Air, West Germany's Telecolleg, The Netherland's TELEAC, France's RTS-Promotion and Tele-CNAM, Poland's Politechnika Telewizyjna, and…

The scope, history, and effects of technological innovation in higher education in Japan, with particular attention to Tokyo Institute of Technology, are explored, and the developments leading to the present state of the technology are reviewed. An overview of the current status includes a listing of institutions with audiovisual equipment, a…

The primary purpose of this project was to compile, translate, and publish educational media research material from the major Asian countries and to make that information available in the United States. Educational media research and experimentation is interpreted to include experimental programming, testing, evaluation, and use of all the newer…